Splunk Core Certified User — Question 40

In a deployment with multiple indexes, what will happen when a search is run and an index is not specified in the search string?

Answer options

• A. No events will be returned.
• B. Splunk will prompt you to specify an index.
• C. All non-indexed events to which the user has access will be returned.
• D. Events from every index searched by default to which the user has access will be returned.

Correct answer: D

Explanation

When a search is executed without specifying an index, Splunk defaults to searching all indexes that the user has permission to access. Hence, option D is correct. Options A, B, and C are incorrect because they do not accurately reflect Splunk's behavior in this scenario.