Select the answer that displays the accurate placing of the pipe in the following search string: index=security sourcetype=access_* status=200 stats count by price

Question

Options

• Aindex=security sourcetype=access_* status=200 stats | count by price
• Bindex=security sourcetype=access_* status=200 | stats count by price
• Cindex=security sourcetype=access_* status=200 | stats count | by price
• Dindex=security sourcetype=access_* | status=200 | stats count by price

• A
  4% (1)
• B
  81% (21)
• C
  8% (2)
• D
  8% (2)

Explanation

Option B is correct because in Splunk SPL, the pipe | separates the search/filter portion from the reporting command. Here, index=security sourcetype=access_* status=200 is the search that retrieves filtered events, and stats count by price is the reporting command that aggregates them - so the pipe belongs between these two logical parts.

Why the distractors fail:

• A places the pipe inside the stats command itself (stats | count by price), breaking the command syntax - stats count by price must remain a single, unbroken command.
• C splits stats from count by price with a pipe, which is invalid; stats count by price is one complete command and cannot be fragmented.
• D inserts a pipe before status=200, splitting the search filters - all filter conditions belong together before the first pipe, not broken apart.

Memory tip: Think of the pipe as a "hand-off" - first you find your events (all the field=value filters), then you hand them off via | to a command that transforms them. If you're still filtering, no pipe yet; the pipe only appears when you're done filtering and ready to process.

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