SPLK-5001 Investigation And Risk Management Practice Question

If an analyst needs to modify the default retention for the 'risk' index, where should they make this change?

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Correct answer & explanation

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Splunk Index Manager interface.

Index retention policies are managed in the Splunk index settings (indexes.conf) or via the Manager interface.

Answer analysis

Option-by-option breakdown

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ES app settings.
Why it's wrong here
ES settings do not manage index retention.
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Data model acceleration settings.
Why it's wrong here
This only affects the acceleration storage.
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Splunk Index Manager interface.
Why this is correct
The Index Manager is the correct place to adjust retention settings for any index, including the risk index.
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Correlation Search Editor.
Why it's wrong here
This manages alert logic, not storage.

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