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SPLK-1001 Practice Question: An administrator notices that a data model with…
An administrator notices that a data model with acceleration is not returning results for a specific time range. The search uses `| datamodel` command. The summary range is set to 30 days. What is the most likely cause?
⚠ Common exam trap
Splunk often tests the misconception that acceleration always works for any time range, but the trap here is that candidates overlook the summary range limitation and assume acceleration covers all data regardless of the search window.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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The search time range exceeds the summary range of the acceleration.
When a data model is accelerated with a summary range of 30 days, the acceleration only precomputes and stores aggregated results for events within that 30-day window. If the search time range exceeds 30 days, the `| datamodel` command cannot use the accelerated summaries for the older data, and it must fall back to searching the raw data. However, if the acceleration is configured to only use summaries (e.g., with `summariesonly=t`), or if the raw data is not available, the search will return no results for the out-of-range period. The most likely cause given the scenario is that the search time range extends beyond the 30-day summary range, making the acceleration ineffective for that portion of the search.
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 acceleration has overwritten the original raw data.
Why it's wrong here
Acceleration does not delete or overwrite raw data.
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The `| datamodel` command requires the `summariesonly=t` argument to use acceleration.
Why it's wrong here
By default, `| datamodel` uses acceleration if available, without needing `summariesonly`.
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The search time range exceeds the summary range of the acceleration.
Why this is correct
If the time range is beyond the summary range, acceleration may not cover that period, causing fallback to raw data which might not be indexed.
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The data model has a constraint that excludes the specific time range.
Why it's wrong here
Constraints affect which events are included, not whether acceleration works.
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