SPLK-1001 Practice Question: Creating Reports, Dashboards and Visualizations
Which TWO actions increase the performance of a dashboard in Splunk? (Choose two.)
⚠ Common exam trap
Splunk often tests the misconception that real-time searches are always better for dashboards, but in Splunk, real-time searches are resource-intensive and degrade performance, whereas scheduled reports and accelerated data models are the recommended optimization techniques.
Answer choices
Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Use scheduled reports as base searches
Scheduled reports as base searches pre-compute and cache results, reducing the real-time query load on the indexers when the dashboard loads. This shifts expensive computation to off-peak times, improving dashboard rendering speed.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
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Use scheduled reports as base searches
Why this is correct
Scheduled reports cache results, reducing search load on dashboard load.
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Add a large number of drilldowns
Why it's wrong here
Drilldowns do not affect performance as they only define navigation.
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Use real-time searches
Why it's wrong here
Real-time searches are continuous and consume significant resources.
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Use the tstats command on accelerated data models
Why this is correct
tstats on accelerated data is very fast and reduces search time.
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Add multiple time range pickers to the dashboard
Why it's wrong here
Multiple time range pickers can cause multiple searches, degrading performance.
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