Correct answer: A. Send test data to a test index.
Explanation:
Sending data to a test index allows you to safely validate field extractions, timestamp recognition, event breaking, and CIM compliance without affecting production data. It’s a lightweight, effective method that isolates test data from users and dashboards relying on production indexes.
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Why not the others?
• B. Production index → Risks corrupting live data with improperly parsed events.
• C. Test environment → Ideal but resource-intensive; not always practical.
• D. lastchanceindex → A fallback for misconfigured data, not meant for intentional testing.
A is the correct option, is the best choice, C is unnecessary as we're testing only a single data source, not a large-scale change. Last chance index is only used when there is no other index available making it unreliable and sending the data to the associated production index is risky
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