Objective 6.1
O11y Cloud Certified Metrics UserAdd 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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An analyst wants explanatory notes beside the charts on a dashboard. Which chart type does Splunk document?
Correct.
Checked against help.splunk.com, August 2026Concept
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
Splunk Docs: Add information to a dashboard, checked August 2026A 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.
Now you: objective 6.1 questions
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Sample question 1 of 2
An analyst edits a text note and asks what formatting Splunk documents. Which is named?
Sample question 2 of 2
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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