A Splunk administrator wants to reduce duplication across several dashboard searches that all begin with the same filter on the `index=main sourcetype=access_combined` dataset. Which approach best defines a reusable common dataset for these searches?

Create a lookup file that contains the filtered events and use it in each dashboard search to avoid re-searching the index.

Create a saved search that runs the full search and saves the results to a summary index, then have each dashboard search read from that summary index.

Create a macro that contains the common filter and use it in each dashboard search to reduce typing.

Create a base search that filters the common dataset and save it as a report, then reference it from each dashboard search using the `base` search command.

A Splunk search includes the following clause: `index=web sourcetype=access_combined status=5*`. Which statement accurately describes how Splunk handles the wildcard in this clause?

The wildcard is resolved at index time, so Splunk stores a precomputed list of matching status values for faster retrieval.

The wildcard is expanded at search time against the index, and Splunk may need to scan many distinct status values, which can slow the search.

The wildcard is ignored because wildcards are not allowed on field values in Lispy syntax.

The wildcard is treated as a literal asterisk, so the search only matches the exact string `5*`.

A Splunk admin needs to run a statistical query that counts the number of login failures per user over the last 30 days. The data is already summarized in a summary index. Which search should the admin use to get the fastest results?

index=summary sourcetype=login_summary | stats count by user

index=main sourcetype=login action=failure | stats count by user

tstats count from datamodel=Authentication where Authentication.action=failure by user

tstats count from summary_index where index=summary sourcetype=login_summary action=failure by user

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A Splunk administrator wants to reduce duplication across several dashboard searches that all begin with the same filter on the `index=main sourcetype=access_combined` dataset. Which approach best defines a reusable common dataset for these searches?
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A Splunk search includes the following clause: `index=web sourcetype=access_combined status=5*`. Which statement accurately describes how Splunk handles the wildcard in this clause?
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