What does this filter return?

To refine a search for a metric a customer types host: test-*.

What does this filter return?

A. Only metrics with a dimension of host and a value beginning with test-.

B. Error

C. Every metric except those with a dimension of host and a value equal to test.

D. Only metrics with a value of test- beginning with host.

Answer: A

Explanation:

The correct answer is A. Only metrics with a dimension of host and a value beginning with test-.

This filter returns the metrics that have a host dimension that matches the pattern test-. For example, test-01, test-abc, test-xyz, etc. The asterisk () is a wildcard character that can match any string of characters1

To learn more about how to filter metrics in Splunk Observability Cloud, you can refer to this documentation2.

1: https://docs.splunk.com/Observability/gdi/metrics/search.html#Filter-metrics

2: https://docs.splunk.com/Observability/gdi/metrics/search.html