Splunk Fundamentals 1 Practice Exam

What does the search command earliest=-2d@d latest=@d specify?

1. Looks back two days from the end of today

2. Looks back from two days ago to the end of today

3. Looks back two days to the beginning of today

4. Looks forward from today

The correct answer is: Looks back two days to the beginning of today

The search command using earliest=-2d@d and latest=@d is designed to specify a time range for your search query. The command sets the boundaries for the time range by defining the start and end times. In this case, earliest=-2d@d indicates the search should begin from the start of the day two days ago. The expression -2d refers to two days ago from the current time. The @d further refines this to the beginning of that day, meaning it captures data from midnight of that day. The latest=@d sets the upper bound to the beginning of today, essentially allowing the search to include data collected up until the start of today, but not including any data from today itself. Thus, this command effectively captures all the data from the very start of two days ago up until the very start of today. This aligns with the understanding that the correct answer reflects the time frame specified by the command accurately.