Objective 2.8

Core Certified User

Save search results

Objective 2.8 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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2-8Basic Searching

A user has written a search they expect to run again next week. Which Save As option does Splunk describe for that?

Data modelA data model is a structured description of a dataset for use in Pivot.
AlertAn alert is a search that runs on a schedule and acts when a condition is met.
Event typeAn event type is a saved search used to categorize events.
ReportCorrect · your answerCorrect.

Correct.

Checked against help.splunk.com, August 2026

Concept

Saving a search turns a piece of typing into an object other people can find, schedule and build on. Which object you pick decides what can be done with it afterwards.

Why D

Splunk states that when you create a search you would like to run again, you can save the search as a report, which is one of the choices under the Save As menu in the Search app.

Source

When you create a search that you would like to run again, you can save the search as a report.

Splunk Docs: Saving searches, checked August 2026
#saved-searches#reports

Now you: objective 2.8 questions

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Sample question 1 of 2

2-8Basic Searching

An analyst needs a colleague to see the exact results of one run of a search rather than run it again. What does Splunk say sharing a job does?

Sample question 2 of 2

2-8Basic Searching

A team asks whether a shared search job can show a colleague more data than that colleague could search directly. What does Splunk say?

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