Splunk Core Certified User Practice Exam

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What does the following search do? index=web sourcetype=access_* status=503 | stats sum(price) as lost_revenue | eval lost_revenue = "$" + tostring(lost_revenue, "commas")

Returns all entries with a status of 200.
Calculates lost revenue for status 503.
Formats the revenue to display as a percentage.
Summarizes all web logs.

The correct answer is: Calculates lost revenue for status 503.

The correct answer indicates that the search calculates lost revenue specifically for events with a status of 503. In this search, it's focusing on logs from the web index where the sourcetype is related to access logs and filtering those entries that have a status code of 503. The `stats sum(price) as lost_revenue` command is then used to aggregate the total of the `price` field for all the filtered events, which represents the total potential lost revenue due to those service unavailability situations indicated by the status code 503. Afterward, it uses the `eval` command to format the numerical lost revenue into a string that includes a dollar sign and is formatted with commas for better readability. This clearly shows that the purpose of the search is to quantify and present the financial impact associated with occurrences of the status 503.