Splunk Fundamentals 1 Practice Exam

In a dashboard, which type of search will a time range picker work on?

1. transforming

2. inline

3. visualization

4. accelerated

The correct answer is: inline

The time range picker in a Splunk dashboard is primarily designed to work with inline searches. Inline searches are specified directly within the dashboard and are executed each time the dashboard loads or when users interact with it. When you include a time range picker in a dashboard, it allows users to specify the time period for which they want to see the data, and this is directly applied to the inline search queries in real-time. Transforming searches, while they can utilize a time range picker through dashboard tokens, are generally not the focus of time range picker functionality in dashboards. Visualization searches rely on data that has already been processed, often making them less flexible than inline searches regarding immediate user input. Accelerated searches, on the other hand, refer to a mechanism used to speed up data retrieval but are not directly influenced by a time range picker in the same way inline searches are. Therefore, the inline search provides the best context for effectively using a time range picker within a dashboard environment.