What Type of Drilldown Passes a Value to Another Dashboard or External Page?
What type of drilldown passes a value from a user click into another dashboard or external page?
Community Votes
100% of anonymous learners picked answer C. Votes are pick records left by other test-takers — they are not the verified answer.
Community Insight
This question tests your ability to differentiate Splunk drilldown types by their navigation target; the common trap is confusing Contextual drilldown (same dashboard) with Dynamic drilldown (another dashboard or external URL).
Dynamic drilldown in Splunk passes a value from a user click into another dashboard or external page as tokens. Community consensus confirms that 'Dynamic' is the correct answer for cross-dashboard or external navigation.
Selecting 'Contextual' is the most common mistake, because contextual drilldown also passes values, but it only passes them to visualizations on the same dashboard, not to another dashboard or external page.
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Expert Analysis
Why the Answer Is Correct
Splunk's dynamic drilldown is specifically designed to pass values from a user click (such as a field value or token) to another dashboard or an external URL. This allows for interactive, cross-dashboard navigation and integration with external pages. The official Splunk documentation lists Dynamic drilldown with options to link to a dashboard or specify a URL path, which perfectly matches the question's description.Why the Other Options Are Wrong
A. Visualization is not a drilldown type but a general term for charting or rendering, so it cannot be correct. B. Event drilldown opens event details and does not pass values to another dashboard or external page as described. D. Contextual drilldown does pass values, but it only targets visualizations on the same dashboard, not another dashboard or external page. Therefore, only Dynamic fits all the criteria.Community Comment Notes
Several commenters correctly chose Dynamic, with one explaining: "Dynamic Drilldown - Link to dashboard - Set tokens - Pass values as tokens from a user click to another dashboard." Another commenter clarified the distinction by stating: "Contextual Drilldown to pass values as tokens from a user click to visualizations on the same dashboard. Dynamic Drilldown specify a path to a URL to a relative path to a dashboard in another app or to an Absolute path to an external website." This confirms why Dynamic is the right answer and Contextual is a distractor.Official Reference
Exam Strategy
Remember the rule: 'Dynamic' links to another dashboard or external URL, while 'Contextual' stays on the same dashboard. When you see 'another dashboard' or 'external page' in the question, immediately choose Dynamic.
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