SPLK-1002 Macros, Saved Searches and CIM Practice Question
A Splunk admin needs to schedule a search to run every day at 2 AM and send an email alert if more than 100 events are found. Which saved search configuration achieves this?
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Set schedule to 'Daily' at 02:00, trigger on 'Number of Events' > 100, action 'Email'
Splunk saved searches allow setting a schedule with 'Daily' at a specific time (02:00), and you can configure an alert trigger condition 'Number of Events' > 100, with action 'Email'. Option A uses 'Custom condition' with a string 'search result count > 100', which is not a standard trigger and the syntax is incorrect. Option B uses 'Every day' which is not a valid schedule option in Splunk; valid options include 'Daily'. Option D uses 'Result count' which is not a standard trigger condition name; the correct term is 'Number of Events'.
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Set schedule to 'Daily' at 02:00, trigger on 'Custom condition' `search result count > 100`, action 'Send email'
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect: Custom condition syntax is not valid for a simple threshold.
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Set schedule to 'Every day' at 2:00, trigger on 'Number of Events' > 100, action 'Send email'
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect: 'Send email' is not a standard action name; also schedule wording not exact.
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Set schedule to 'Daily' at 02:00, trigger on 'Number of Events' > 100, action 'Email'
Why this is correct
Correct: Standard schedule, trigger, and action.
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Set schedule to 'Daily' at 02:00, trigger on 'Result count' > 100, action 'Email'
Why it's wrong here
Incorrect: 'Result count' is not a standard trigger condition name.
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