A Splunk admin needs to create a report that shows the top 5 users by number of login failures over the past 30 days. The data is stored in the `security` index. The report is run by multiple users and needs to return results quickly. Which approach would be MOST efficient?

Use `index=security | top limit=5 user` and rely on the search mode to speed it up.

Create a scheduled search that runs hourly, stores the results in a summary index, and have the report search the summary index.

Use `index=security | tstats count by user` and rely on the data model acceleration.

Use `index=security | stats count by user | sort -count | head 5` and enable search acceleration on the index.

A Splunk admin is creating a search for a compliance report that must include all events from the last 90 days. The search is currently running slowly because it scans all indexes. The admin knows the relevant data is in the `compliance` index. Which search would be MOST efficient while still returning all required events?

`index=* | stats count by action`

`index=compliance | stats count by action`

`index=compliance | head 1000 | stats count by action`

`sourcetype=compliance | stats count by action`

Which of the following is a best practice for optimizing a Splunk search?

Use wildcard characters at the beginning of search terms to match more events

Use `eval` to create temporary fields for every event in the search

Use `transaction` to group events into multi-event transactions for all searches

Use `fields` to remove unnecessary fields from the results before processing

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A Splunk admin needs to create a report that shows the top 5 users by number of login failures over the past 30 days. The data is stored in the `security` index. The report is run by multiple users and needs to return results quickly. Which approach would be MOST efficient?
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A Splunk admin is creating a search for a compliance report that must include all events from the last 90 days. The search is currently running slowly because it scans all indexes. The admin knows the relevant data is in the `compliance` index. Which search would be MOST efficient while still returning all required events?
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A Splunk admin needs to create a report that shows the top 5 users by number of login failures over the past 30 days. The data is stored in the `security` index. The report is run by multiple users and needs to return results quickly. Which approach would be MOST efficient?

Which of the following is a best practice for optimizing a Splunk search?

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