SPLK-4001 · Question #6
What happens when the limit of allowed dimensions is exceeded for an MTS?
The correct answer is A. The additional dimensions are dropped. According to the web search results, dimensions are metadata in the form of key-value pairs that monitoring software sends in along with the metrics. The set of metric time series (MTS) dimensions sent during ingest is used, along with the metric name, to uniquely identify an…
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What happens when the limit of allowed dimensions is exceeded for an MTS?
Options
- AThe additional dimensions are dropped.
- BThe datapoint is averaged.
- CThe datapoint is updated.
- DThe datapoint is dropped.
How the community answered
(57 responses)- A89% (51)
- B4% (2)
- C5% (3)
- D2% (1)
Explanation
According to the web search results, dimensions are metadata in the form of key-value pairs that monitoring software sends in along with the metrics. The set of metric time series (MTS) dimensions sent during ingest is used, along with the metric name, to uniquely identify an MTS. Splunk Observability Cloud has a limit of 36 unique dimensions per MTS. If the limit of allowed dimensions is exceeded for an MTS, the additional dimensions are dropped and not stored or indexed by Observability Cloud. This means that the data point is still ingested, but without the extra dimensions. Therefore, option A is correct.
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