What is the value of base lispy in the Search Job Inspector for the search index-sales clientip- 170.192.178.10?

Question

Options

• A[ index::sales 192 AND 10 AMD 178 AND 170 ]
• B[ index::sales AND 469 10 702 390 ]
• C[ 192 AND 10 AND 178 AND 170 Index::sales ]
• D[ AND 10 170 178 192 Index::sales ]

• A
  71% (20)
• B
  7% (2)
• C
  4% (1)
• D
  18% (5)

Explanation

Option A correctly reflects how Splunk's Search Job Inspector renders the base lispy - Splunk's internal query representation - for the search index=sales clientip=170.192.178.10. Splunk converts index=sales to index::sales (double-colon notation) and breaks the IP address into individual octets (170, 192, 178, 10) joined by AND operators, which is exactly what A shows.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• B is wrong because the numbers (469, 702, 390) bear no relation to the octets of 170.192.178.10 - they are fabricated values.
• C is wrong because it places index::sales at the end of the expression; in Splunk's lispy format, the index term appears at the beginning alongside the field terms.
• D is wrong because while it does contain the correct octets (10, 170, 178, 192), the ordering and structure don't match the valid lispy syntax, and index::sales is incorrectly positioned without proper AND connectors around the octets.

Memory tip: Think "colon-colon AND split" - Splunk uses :: for field-to-value mapping (index::sales) and splits IP addresses at the dots into individual terms chained with AND. If you see fabricated numbers or the index at the end, eliminate that option immediately.

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