The artifact_offset attribute available to the loadjob command does not work as advertised when used in a search head cluster. When a given savedsearch has several artifacts, the latest artifact is always used no matter what value is set for artifact_offset.
http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.5.1/SearchReference/Loadjob
artifact_offset
Syntax: artifact_offset=
Description: Selects a search artifact other than the most recent matching one. For example, if artifact_offset=1, the second most recent artifact will be used. If artifact_offset=2, the third most recent artifact will be used. If artifact_offset=0, selects the most recent. A value that selects past all available artifacts will result in an error.
Default: 0
environment:
Linux
reproduced issue on Splunk 6.3.5, Splunk,6.5.1
