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SPLK-1002 · Question #150

Which of the following statements describes an event type?

The correct answer is C. A field for categorizing events based on a search string.. This is because an event type is a knowledge object that assigns a user-defined name to a set of events that match a specific search criteria. For example, you can create an event type named successful_purchase for events that have sourcetype=access_combined, status=200, and acti

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Question

Which of the following statements describes an event type?

Options

  • AA log level measurement: info, warn, error.
  • BA knowledge object that is applied before fields are extracted.
  • CA field for categorizing events based on a search string.
  • DEither a log, a metric, or a trace.

How the community answered

(24 responses)
  • B
    8% (2)
  • C
    88% (21)
  • D
    4% (1)

Explanation

This is because an event type is a knowledge object that assigns a user-defined name to a set of events that match a specific search criteria. For example, you can create an event type named successful_purchase for events that have sourcetype=access_combined, status=200, and action=purchase. Then, you can use eventtype=successful_purchase as a search term to find those events. You can also use event types to create alerts, reports, and dashboards. You can learn more about event types from the Splunk documentation. The other options are incorrect because they do not describe what an event type is. A log level measurement is a field that indicates the severity of an event, such as info, warn, or error. A knowledge object that is applied before fields are extracted is a source type, which identifies the format and structure of the data. Either a log, a metric, or a trace is a type of data that Splunk can ingest and analyze, but not an

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#Event types#Knowledge objects#Categorization#Search string

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