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Search Tuning Performance And Dashboards

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1

Which attribute in an input element sets the label that the user sees?

Easy
2

Which THREE of the following are components of a drilldown interaction in a dashboard?

Hard
3

A dashboard user reports that a drilldown is not passing the expected token to a target dashboard. The source panel uses a chart where the click event is defined. Which configuration detail should you verify first?

Hard
4

What is the primary performance difference between using a 'lookup' command and a 'join' command?

Easy
5

Which THREE of the following dashboard elements can be customized using tokens?

Medium
6

Which THREE of the following are valid ways to troubleshoot a slow dashboard?

Hard
7

You want to dynamically set the value of a token based on the result of a search. Which element should be used within the search block?

Hard
8

Which menu path in Splunk Web allows you to view the list of saved dashboards?

Easy
9

What is the best way to manage a search that is used in multiple panels of the same dashboard?

Medium
10

Which TWO of the following are benefits of using a lookup instead of a join?

Medium
11

Which XML component in a dashboard is used to define a custom search that is not tied to any specific visual panel?

Medium
12

Which THREE of the following are valid ways to optimize subsearches?

Hard
13

You want to create a dropdown input that populates based on search results. Which XML element is required to define the source of the search for the input?

Easy
14

Which of the following is an effective strategy to optimize a search that filters by a specific user?

Medium
15

A user wants to pass multiple values from a multiselect input to a search. Which option must be enabled in the input configuration for the token value to be formatted correctly for an 'IN' clause?

Hard
16

Which THREE of the following are required to successfully implement a dependent dropdown?

Hard
17

You have a dashboard with a form input that triggers a search. To prevent the search from running automatically when the page loads, which attribute must you configure?

Hard
18

Which Splunk tool should you use to identify specific search components that are consuming excessive CPU or I/O resources?

Medium
19

When using the 'post-process' search feature in a dashboard, what is the main benefit?

Medium
20

When using the 'drilldown' tag, what is the purpose of the 'eval' element?

Hard
21

You want to hide a panel based on the value of a token. Which attribute should you use in the dashboard XML?

Hard
22

Which TWO of the following are valid methods to share a dashboard in Splunk?

Easy
23

When a dashboard panel uses a base search and a post-process search, which command is NOT allowed in the post-process search?

Medium
24

Which TWO of the following are valid ways to improve search performance?

Medium
25

You are using a dependent dropdown. When the first dropdown changes, the second dropdown needs to re-run its search. How do you trigger this?

Hard
26

A dashboard has multiple inputs. When a user changes one, you want the others to reset. How can you achieve this using Simple XML?

Hard
27

Which TWO of the following are true regarding dashboard tokens?

Medium
28

Which Search Inspector metric most directly indicates that a search is reading more data than necessary from the disk?

Medium
29

Which element in the dashboard XML is used to create a link to another dashboard?

Easy
30

When creating a dashboard token, what is the correct syntax for referencing it in a search string?

Easy
31

You are investigating a slow-running search that uses a subsearch. Which of the following is the most effective way to optimize the subsearch performance by limiting the result set returned to the outer search?

Medium
32

What is the benefit of using the 'tstats' command for dashboard panels?

Medium

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