SPLK-1001 Practice Question: Creating Reports, Dashboards and Visualizations
A dashboard includes a form input that allows users to select a user. After selecting a user, a panel should show that user's activity. Which dashboard feature is required?
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Why each option matters
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Tokens
Tokens store the selected value and pass it to search queries, enabling dynamic panel updates.
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Post-process searches
Why it's wrong here
Post-process searches reuse base search results but do not handle input.
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Tokens
Why this is correct
Tokens capture and propagate user input to panel searches.
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Drilldown
Why it's wrong here
Drilldown navigates to other dashboards or searches, not input handling.
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Link to report
Why it's wrong here
Links navigate away from the dashboard, not to update panels.
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