This SPLK-1002 practice question tests your understanding of splunk basics and interface navigation. The scenario asks you to isolate a root cause — eliminate options that address a different problem before choosing. After answering, compare your reasoning against the explanation and wrong-answer breakdown below. Once you have made your selection, read the full explanation to reinforce the concept and understand why each distractor is designed to mislead on exam day.
Refer to the exhibit. Error: No data indexed. Check your inputs configuration.
The Monitoring Console displays the message: 'No data received'. What does this indicate?
Refer to the exhibit. Error: No data indexed. Check your inputs configuration.
The search head is disconnected from the indexer.
Why wrong: That would show a connection error, not a data indexing error.
The indexer is not receiving any data.
Directly matches the error message.
The license is exhausted.
Why wrong: License exhaustion shows a warning, but data indexing continues.
The user does not have permission to search.
Why wrong: Permission errors are different.
Answer choices
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
The indexer is not receiving any data.
The message from the Monitoring Console indicates that the indexer is not receiving any data. This typically occurs when forwarders are not sending data to the indexer, or the indexer's receiving port is not configured or is blocked. In Splunk, the Monitoring Console aggregates health metrics; an alert about data flow points to a data ingestion failure at the indexer level, not a connectivity or licensing issue.
Key principle: Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Answer analysis
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
The search head is disconnected from the indexer.
Why it's wrong here
That would show a connection error, not a data indexing error.
The indexer is not receiving any data.
Why this is correct
Directly matches the error message.
Related concept
Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer.
The license is exhausted.
Why it's wrong here
License exhaustion shows a warning, but data indexing continues.
The user does not have permission to search.
Why it's wrong here
Permission errors are different.
Common exam traps
Splunk often tests the distinction between indexer-level data ingestion alerts and search-head connectivity or license warnings, so candidates mistakenly associate a 'no data' message with a license exhaustion or permission error instead of a pure data flow issue.
Trap categories for this question
Command / output trap
That would show a connection error, not a data indexing error.
Detailed technical explanation
The Monitoring Console uses the 'indexer - data ingestion' health check, which queries the indexer's internal metrics like 'indexer.avgKBps' and 'indexer.rawdata' to determine if data is being written to indexes. If no data is received for a configurable period (default 10 minutes), the console raises a 'no data received' alert. This can occur if forwarders are misconfigured (e.g., wrong outputs.conf target), network firewalls block TCP/9997, or the indexer's 'receive' setting is disabled in inputs.conf.
Key takeaway
Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option.
Real-world example
A practitioner preparing for the SPLK-1002 exam encounters this exact type of scenario on the job. The correct answer here is not the most general option — it is the best answer for the specific constraint described. Answer the scenario, not the keyword: identify the specific constraint before choosing the most familiar-sounding option. Real exam questions reward reading the full scenario before eliminating options, because the constraint defines which answer fits.
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Splunk Basics and Interface Navigation — This question tests Splunk Basics and Interface Navigation — Read the scenario before looking for a memorised answer..
The correct answer is: The indexer is not receiving any data. — The message from the Monitoring Console indicates that the indexer is not receiving any data. This typically occurs when forwarders are not sending data to the indexer, or the indexer's receiving port is not configured or is blocked. In Splunk, the Monitoring Console aggregates health metrics; an alert about data flow points to a data ingestion failure at the indexer level, not a connectivity or licensing issue.
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