Objective 6.1

O11y Cloud Certified Metrics User

Add instructions to dashboards

Objective 6.1 sits in Create Efficient Dashboards and Alerts, 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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6-1Create Efficient Dashboards and Alerts

An analyst wants explanatory notes beside the charts on a dashboard. Which chart type does Splunk document?

An event feedAn event feed shows a list of events meeting criteria.
A text noteCorrect · your answerCorrect.
A list chartA list chart shows recent trends across data points.
A table chartA table chart shows metrics and dimensions in a table.

Correct.

Checked against help.splunk.com, August 2026

Concept

A dashboard that explains itself survives its author. Keeping the explanation in the dashboard means it is read at the moment it is needed.

Why B

Splunk documents that a text note is a type of chart, useful when you want to include explanatory information about the chart for future reference.

Source

A text note is a type of chart. A text note in a dashboard can be useful when you want to include explanatory information about the chart for future reference.

Splunk Docs: Add information to a dashboard, checked August 2026
#dashboards#instructions

Now you: objective 6.1 questions

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Sample question 1 of 2

6-1Create Efficient Dashboards and Alerts

An analyst edits a text note and asks what formatting Splunk documents. Which is named?

Sample question 2 of 2

6-1Create Efficient Dashboards and Alerts

An analyst adds a text note to a built-in dashboard without write permission. What does Splunk document they must do?

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