SPLK-1001 Practice Question: Creating Reports, Dashboards and Visualizations
A security analyst needs to create a report that shows the count of failed login attempts by user over the last 24 hours, updated every hour. The report should be accessible to the SOC team but not to other users. Which sequence of steps should the analyst follow?
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Run the search, click 'Save As' -> 'Report', set permissions to 'Shared in App' with SOC role, then 'Schedule' hourly.
Saving the search as a report, setting permissions to 'Shared in App' with the SOC role, and scheduling it hourly ensures the report is updated regularly and accessible only to the SOC team. Option A is wrong because emailing the report via alert action does not provide on-demand access and is not a report. Option C is wrong because saving as a dashboard panel does not create a scheduled report; dashboards display panels but are not scheduled individually. Option D is wrong because saving as an alert with private permissions and hourly schedule creates an alert, not a report; alerts are for triggering actions based on conditions, not for persistent access.
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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Run the search, click 'Save As' -> 'Report', set schedule to hourly, then create an alert action to email the report to the SOC team.
Why it's wrong here
Emailing defeats the purpose of the SOC team accessing the report on-demand within Splunk.
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Run the search, click 'Save As' -> 'Report', set permissions to 'Shared in App' with SOC role, then 'Schedule' hourly.
Why this is correct
Correct workflow for a scheduled report with restricted access.
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Run the search, click 'Save As' -> 'Dashboard Panel', add to a SOC dashboard, then schedule the dashboard.
Why it's wrong here
Saving as a dashboard panel does not create a scheduled report; dashboards are not scheduled.
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Run the search, click 'Save As' -> 'Alert', set permissions to private, then schedule the alert to trigger hourly.
Why it's wrong here
Alerts are for triggering actions, not for creating accessible reports.
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