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Objective 5.3

O11y Cloud Certified Metrics User

Create a standalone detector

Objective 5.3 sits in Introduction to Alerting on Metrics with Detectors, which carries 10% of the O11y Cloud Certified Metrics 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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An analyst asks which routes Splunk documents for creating a detector. Which set is named?

A chart, scratch, or the APICorrect · your answerCorrect.
From a chart and nothing elseThe chart route is one of three documented options.
From the API and nothing elseThe API is one route among the three.
From a dashboard group onlyDashboard groups organise dashboards rather than create detectors.

Correct.

Checked against help.splunk.com, August 2026

Concept

Three entry points cover three working styles: exploratory, deliberate and automated. Knowing they exist decides whether detectors can be managed as code.

Why A

Splunk documents creating a detector from one of the signals on a chart, creating a detector from scratch, or using the API to create detectors programmatically.

Source

Create a detector from one of the signals on the chart you're viewing. See Create a detector from a chart . Create a detector from scratch. See Create a detector from scratch . Use the API to programmatically create detectors, instead of creating them through the user interface.

Splunk Docs: Create detectors to trigger alerts, checked August 2026
#detectors#creation

Now you: objective 5.3 questions

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Sample question 1 of 3

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An analyst asks what a detector monitors and what it produces. Which description matches the documentation?

Sample question 2 of 3

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An analyst reads that detector rule severities run Info, Warning, Minor and Major. Which further label does Splunk document?

Sample question 3 of 3

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An analyst asks what applying analytics to a metric time series produces for a detector. What does Splunk document?

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