Objective 6.2

Core Certified User

Edit reports

Objective 6.2 sits in Creating Reports and Dashboards, which carries 12% 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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6-2Creating Reports and Dashboards

An analyst opens a saved report to change what it returns. Where does Splunk say the report opens?

In the Dashboard EditorThe Dashboard Editor is for creating and editing dashboards.
In Pivot or SearchCorrect · your answerCorrect.
In Job ManagementThe Job Management page lists searches that have run.
In the Visualization EditorThe Visualization Editor changes how a panel displays its results.

Correct.

Checked against help.splunk.com, August 2026

Concept

A saved object remembers how it was built, so editing it puts you back in the same tool. That keeps a pivot editable by somebody who never learned the search language.

Why B

Splunk states that you can open the report and edit it so that it returns different data or displays its data differently, and that your report opens in either Pivot or Search depending on how it was created.

Source

Open the report and edit it so that it returns different data or displays its data in a different manner. Your report opens in either Pivot or Search, depending on how it was created.

Splunk Docs: Create and edit reports, checked August 2026
#reports#editing

Now you: objective 6.2 questions

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Sample question 1 of 2

6-2Creating Reports and Dashboards

A user wants colleagues to see a report they saved. What does Splunk say they need to change, permissions allowing?

Sample question 2 of 2

6-2Creating Reports and Dashboards

A team builds a report from a pivot and asks how its permissions relate to the data model behind it. What does Splunk require?

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