SPLK-1001 Practice Question: Creating Reports, Dashboards and Visualizations
A user wants to create a dashboard panel that refreshes automatically every 60 seconds. Which setting must be configured in the panel's edit mode?
⚠ Common exam trap
Test-takers frequently confuse the 'Refresh Interval' setting in dashboard panel edit mode with scheduling a search or adjusting the time range, assuming any periodic behavior must involve a scheduled search or a time-based command.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Set the Refresh Interval to 60 seconds
The dashboard panel's edit mode includes a 'Refresh Interval' setting that allows you to specify an automatic refresh period in seconds. Setting this to 60 causes the panel to re-run its underlying search and update the visualization every 60 seconds without manual intervention.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Add | delay 60 to the search
Why it's wrong here
Delay command pauses search, not dashboard refresh.
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Set the Refresh Interval to 60 seconds
Why this is correct
Directly sets the auto-refresh time.
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Schedule the search to run every 60 seconds
Why it's wrong here
Scheduling is for reports, not dashboard panel refresh.
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Set the Time Range to Last 60 seconds
Why it's wrong here
Time range controls data window, not refresh rate.
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