Splunk® Enterprise

Analytics Workspace

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Dashboards in the Analytics Workspace

Dashboards are saved views that consist of one or more panels. Use dashboards to monitor real-time trends in your data or to share visualizations with your colleagues. Save one or more charts in the Analytics Workspace to new or existing dashboards.

Not all chart types and features are available in dashboards:

  • You cannot save alert charts to a dashboard.
  • Reference lines do not appear on charts in dashboards.
  • Heatmap charts are converted to column charts when you save them to a dashboard.

For more information about dashboards in the Splunk platform, see the Dashboard overview in the Dashboards and Visualizations Manual.

Save workspace content as a new dashboard

You can choose to save workspace content to a new XML dashboard in the Analytics Workspace, or export your workspace content to a new dashboard in the Dashboards app (beta). To learn about the Dashboards app (beta), see What is the new Splunk Dashboards app? in the Splunk Dashboards App Manual.

Save workspace content as a new XML dashboard in the Analytics Workspace

  1. Select either the entire workspace or an individual chart.
    Option What to do
    Save entire workspace Click the ellipsis (This screen image shows the More icon.) icon from the global actions bar, and select Save to Dashboard (XML).
    Save individual panel Click the ellipsis (This screen image shows the More icon.) icon from the panel you want to save in a dashboard, and select Save to Dashboard (XML).
  2. For Dashboard, select New.
  3. Type a Dashboard Title.
  4. Type a Dashboard ID. The ID is used as the file name and cannot be changed.
  5. Type a Dashboard Description.
  6. (Optional) Select Add interactive time control. Interactive time control connects all charts to a shared time range picker within the dashboard.
  7. Specify permissions.
  8. (Optional) If you are saving an individual panel, modify the Panel Title. The default Panel Title is the title of the workspace chart.
  9. Click Save.

Save workspace content as a new dashboard in the Dashboards app (beta)

  1. Select either the entire workspace or an individual chart.
    Option What to do
    Save entire workspace Click the ellipsis (This screen image shows the More icon.) icon from the global actions bar, and select Save all charts to Dashboards app (beta).
    Save individual panel Click the ellipsis (This screen image shows the More icon.) icon from the panel you want to save in a dashboard, and select Save to Dashboards app (beta).
  2. Type a Dashboard Title.
  3. (Optional) Type a Dashboard Description.
  4. Select a Layout Option.
  5. Specify permissions.
  6. Click Save.

The Analytics Workspace automatically adds interactive time control when you export charts to the Dashboards app (beta). Interactive time control connects all charts to a shared time range picker within the dashboard.

Save workspace content to an existing dashboard

Add new charts to an existing XML dashboard in the Analytics Workspace. You cannot add new charts to an existing dashboard in the Dashboards app (beta).

  1. Select either the entire workspace or an individual chart.
    Option What to do
    Save entire workspace Click the ellipsis (This screen image shows the More icon.) icon from the global actions bar, and select Save to Dashboard (XML).
    Save individual panel Click the ellipsis (This screen image shows the More icon.) icon from the panel you want to save in a dashboard, and select Save to Dashboard (XML).
  2. For Dashboard, select Existing.
  3. Select a dashboard from the list.
  4. (Optional) If you are saving an individual chart, modify the Panel Title. The default Panel Title is the title of the workspace chart.
  5. Click Save.

Access Analytics Workspace dashboards

Access dashboards created or edited in the Analytics Workspace in Splunk Enterprise.

  1. Click the Dashboard tab on the Search & Reporting bar in Splunk Enterprise.
  2. Select the dashboard you want to view.

For a step-by-step use case for creating a dashboard in the Analytics Workspace, see Creating a dashboard in the Analytics Workspace.

Last modified on 29 July, 2020
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Enterprise: 8.1.0, 8.1.1, 8.1.2, 8.1.3, 8.1.4, 8.1.5, 8.1.6, 8.1.7, 8.1.8, 8.1.9, 8.1.10, 8.1.11, 8.1.12, 8.1.13, 8.1.14, 8.2.0, 8.2.1, 8.2.2, 8.2.3, 8.2.4, 8.2.5, 8.2.6, 8.2.7, 8.2.8, 8.2.9, 8.2.10, 8.2.11, 8.2.12, 9.0.0, 9.0.1, 9.0.2, 9.0.3, 9.0.4, 9.0.5, 9.0.6, 9.0.7, 9.0.8, 9.0.9, 9.0.10, 9.1.0, 9.1.1, 9.1.2, 9.1.3, 9.1.4, 9.1.5, 9.1.6, 9.1.7, 9.2.0, 9.2.1, 9.2.2, 9.2.3, 9.2.4, 9.3.0, 9.3.1, 9.3.2


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