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Objective 19.3

Core Certified Advanced Power User

Create base and post-process searches

Objective 19.3 sits in Improving Performance, which carries 6% of the Core Certified Advanced Power User exam. The questions below are original, written from the official objective title above, and each explanation cites the Splunk page it rests on.

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A worked example

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19-3Improving Performance

A team wants several panels to share one search. What does Splunk say a base search requires?

A saved report referenceA referenced report is a different way to supply a panel's search.
Post-process searchesCorrect · your answerCorrect.
An accelerated data modelAcceleration speeds a search rather than being required here.
A separate form inputForm inputs collect values from the reader.

Correct.

Checked against help.splunk.com, August 2026

Concept

Running one search and refining it per panel is what keeps a page from dispatching the same query five times. The refinement stage is what each panel then owns.

Why B

Splunk states that you can use an inline search as a base search in a dashboard, and that base searches require post-process searches to modify results and generate visualizations in dashboard panels.

Source

Each visualization can have its own inline search. You can also use an inline search as a base search in a dashboard. Base searches require post-process searches to modify results and generate visualizations in dashboard panels.

Splunk Docs: Searches power dashboards and forms, checked August 2026
#base-search#post-process

Now you: objective 19.3 questions

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Sample question 1 of 2

19-3Improving Performance

An engineer asks what a post-process search operates on. What does Splunk say?

Sample question 2 of 2

19-3Improving Performance

An engineer asks what else a post-process search can do besides driving a visualization. What does Splunk say?

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