Which of the following knowledge objects represents the output of an eval expression?

The correct answer is B. Calculated fields. Calculated fields are knowledge objects that store the result of an eval expression and make it persistently available at search time without needing to write the eval command in every search. They are defined once and applied automatically. Field extractions (C) pull values from

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AEval fields
BCalculated fields
CField extractions
DCalculated lookups

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D
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Calculated fields are knowledge objects that store the result of an eval expression and make it persistently available at search time without needing to write the eval command in every search. They are defined once and applied automatically. Field extractions (C) pull values from raw event data using regex or delimiters. Eval fields is not a formal Splunk knowledge object type. Calculated lookups (D) is not a valid Splunk term.

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