Objective 2.7

Core Certified User

Control a search job

Objective 2.7 sits in Basic Searching, which carries 22% of the Core Certified 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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2-7Basic Searching

An administrator opens the Job Management page in Splunk Web. Whose search jobs does Splunk say a role with Admin capabilities can manage there?

Jobs run by all usersCorrect · your answerCorrect.
Only jobs they ownThat is the limit for a user without those capabilities: the page reviews and manages any job that you own.
Only scheduled jobsThe page lists ad hoc, dashboard, report and scheduled jobs alike.
Only jobs in the open appApp context organises objects rather than limiting which jobs an administrator can manage.

Correct.

Checked against help.splunk.com, August 2026

Concept

A job belongs to whoever ran it, so managing somebody else's is an administrative act. Separating the two cases is what lets a busy deployment be tidied up without every user losing control of their own work.

Why A

Splunk states that if you have the Admin role, or a role with an equivalent set of capabilities, you can manage the search jobs run by all users of your Splunk implementation.

Source

If you have the Admin role, or a role with an equivalent set of capabilities, you can manage the search jobs run by all users of your Splunk implementation.

Splunk Docs: Manage search jobs, checked August 2026
#job-management#roles

Now you: objective 2.7 questions

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Sample question 1 of 2

2-7Basic Searching

An analyst leaves the Job Management page open and a colleague starts a long search. Why does the new job not appear in the list?

Sample question 2 of 2

2-7Basic Searching

An engineer pauses a running search job and the indexers keep working for a while. What does Splunk say about pausing a job?

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