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SPLK-1001 Practice Question: A small business uses Splunk to monitor their…
A small business uses Splunk to monitor their point-of-sale (POS) system. They have a data model named 'POS_Transactions' that is not accelerated. The owner wants to create a simple dashboard showing daily sales totals. They write a search using |tstats against the data model, but it returns 'No events found'. A plain search over the same index returns expected results. What should the owner do to resolve this?
⚠ Common exam trap
Watch out — candidates often assume `|tstats` always works with any data model, but Splunk explicitly requires acceleration or the `summariesonly=t` flag to avoid 'No events found' errors.
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Correct answer & explanation
✓
Modify the search to use |tstats summariesonly=t or switch to using |datamodel or |search.
The `|tstats` command requires an accelerated data model by default; without acceleration, it returns no results because it queries the summary database, not the raw events. Option A correctly resolves this by either using `summariesonly=t` to force `|tstats` to search raw data or switching to `|datamodel` or `|search` which operate directly on the index. This aligns with Splunk's behavior where `|tstats` is optimized for accelerated summaries but can be overridden to access raw events.
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Option-by-option breakdown
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- ✓
Modify the search to use |tstats summariesonly=t or switch to using |datamodel or |search.
Why this is correct
Immediately allows tstats to work without acceleration.
- ✗
Enable acceleration on the data model and wait for the summary to build.
Why it's wrong here
This works but takes time; not the quickest fix for an immediate need.
- ✗
Add a constraint to the root event to match POS logs.
Why it's wrong here
Constraints are for filtering, not for enabling tstats.
- ✗
Change the time range to include the current day only.
Why it's wrong here
No effect, as the issue is acceleration.
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