SPLK-1001 Practice Question: Creating Reports, Dashboards and Visualizations
A dashboard designer adds a radio button input to filter by department. When a user selects a department, the panel does not update. What is the most likely cause?
⚠ Common exam trap
Watch out — candidates often confuse a missing token reference with a token name mismatch (Option B), but the key distinction is that a missing reference means the search never uses the token at all, while a mismatch would still trigger a search (likely with an error).
Answer choices
Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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The search string does not include a token referencing the input
A radio button input in Splunk dashboards generates a token when selected, but the search string must explicitly reference that token using the $token_name$ syntax. Without this token reference in the search, the panel will not re-run with the selected department value, so the dashboard appears unresponsive.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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The radio button input is not configured with a default value
Why it's wrong here
Default value is optional, not required for updates.
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The token name in the search does not match the input's token name
Why it's wrong here
This would cause update failure, but the search might not include the token at all.
- ✓
The search string does not include a token referencing the input
Why this is correct
Without a token reference, changing the input has no effect on the search.
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The input's label field is empty
Why it's wrong here
Label is for display; it does not affect functionality.
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