Splunk SPLK-1001 Exam - Topic 7 Question 87 Discussion

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Question #: 87
Topic #: 7

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What is the result of the following search?

index=myindex source=c: \mydata. txt NOT error=*

AOnly data where the error field is present and does not contain a value will be displayed.

BOnly data with a value in the field error will be displayed.

COnly data that does not contain the error field will be displayed.

DOnly data where the value of the field error does not equal an asterisk (*) will be displayed.

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Suggested Answer: C

The search query index=myindex source=c: mydata. txt NOT error=* specifies three criteria for the events to be returned:

The index must be myindex, which is a user-defined index that contains the data from a specific source or sources.

The source must be c: mydata. txt, which is the name of the file or directory where the data came from.

The error field must not exist in the events, which is indicated by the NOT operator and the wildcard character (*).

The NOT operator negates the following expression, which means that it returns the events that do not match the expression. The wildcard character () matches any value, including an empty value or a null value. Therefore, the expression NOT error=means that the events must not have an error field at all, regardless of its value.

The search query does not use quotation marks around the source value, which means that it is case-sensitive and exact. If there are any variations in the source name, such as capitalization or spacing, they will not match the query.

Reference

Search command syntax details

Search command examples

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by Marshall at May 08, 2024, 11:09 PM

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Talia

3 months ago

D seems off to me, an asterisk is just a wildcard, right?

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Julieta

3 months ago

I’m leaning towards A, but not sure.

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Reuben

3 months ago

Wait, so does that mean errors are completely ignored?

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Merilyn

4 months ago

Totally agree with C! Makes sense.

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Scot

4 months ago

I think it's C, no error field means no errors.

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Tequila

4 months ago

I feel like I might have seen something about how NOT works with fields, but I can't recall if it was about excluding fields entirely or just their values.

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Cheryl

4 months ago

I'm a bit confused about the NOT operator here. Does it really mean that only entries without the error field will show up?

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Lindsey

4 months ago

I remember practicing a question similar to this, and I think it was about filtering out specific fields. Could it be option C?

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Shonda

5 months ago

I think the search is excluding any entries that have the error field, but I'm not sure if it means only those without the field at all.

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Ozell

5 months ago

I'm pretty confident that the answer is D. The NOT error=* part means it will show data where the error field doesn't equal an asterisk, so it's excluding any data where the error field is either empty or contains an asterisk.

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Ezekiel

5 months ago

Okay, I think I've got it. The query is looking for data from the c:\mydata.txt file in the myindex index, and it's excluding any data where the error field contains a value. So the answer is C - it will only display data that doesn't have the error field.

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Sage

5 months ago

Hmm, the NOT error=* part is confusing me. I'm not sure if that means it will only show data where the error field is present but doesn't contain an asterisk, or if it will show data where the error field is not present at all. I'll have to re-read the question a few times.

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Jose

5 months ago

This looks like a Splunk query, so I'll need to think through the logic carefully. The NOT operator is throwing me off a bit, but I think I can figure this out.

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Carmen

5 months ago

This question seems to be asking about some kind of metric or calculation that considers different data sources. I'll need to think carefully about what information is being combined and how that might be calculated as an average.

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