Splunk SPLK-1002 Practice Test - Questions Answers, Page 28

When using multiple expressions in a single eval command in Splunk, the delimiter used is a comma (,). This allows for the execution of multiple operations within a single eval statement, separating each operation clearly.

Splunk Docs: Eval command

Splunk Answers: Multiple expressions in eval

In Splunk, a workflow action that returns an external IP lookup for a field named domain would typically use the GET method. This HTTP method is used to retrieve data from a specified resource, which is appropriate for looking up information based on the domain field.

Splunk Docs: Define workflow actions

Splunk Answers: Workflow actions for external lookups

The maxpause option of the transaction command in Splunk is used to specify the maximum time allowed between events in a transaction. If the time between events exceeds the maxpause value, those events are not considered part of the same transaction.

Splunk Docs: transaction command

Splunk Answers: maxpause option in transaction

A calculated field in Splunk is created using an eval expression, which allows users to perform calculations or transformations on field values during search time.

Splunk Docs - Calculated fields

In this case, the outer join is applied, which means that all rows from the outer (left) table will be included, even if there are no matching rows in the inner (right) table. The result will include all five rows from the outer table, with the matched data from the inner table where employeeNumber matches. Rows without matching employeeNumber values will have null values for the fields from the inner table.

Splunk Documentation - Join Command

An event type is a classification of events based on a search query, which allows for a static set of search criteria. In this case, option A (index=server_48 sourcetype=BETA_881 code=220) represents a simple search without transforming commands (e.g., stats, inputlookup). Event types cannot include transforming commands such as stats or lookup.

Splunk Documentation - Event Types

It provides users with a standardized set of field names and tags to normalize data.

The Splunk CIM add-on provides a standardized set of field names and data models, which allows users to normalize and categorize data from various sources into a common format. This helps with data interoperability and enables faster, more consistent reporting and searching across different data sources.

Splunk Documentation - Common Information Model (CIM)

The chart command with sum(price) by product, region will return a table where the total revenue (price) is aggregated (sum) for each product and sales region. This is the correct way to aggregate data in Splunk.

Splunk Docs - chart command

Event types allow users to assign labels to events based on predefined search strings. This helps categorize data and makes it easier to reference specific sets of events in future searches.

Splunk Docs - Event types