Enable automatic UI updates

Enable automatic UI updates for Splunk Cloud Platform to receive the most recent UI features and bug fixes for supported Splunk Web UI pages. Enable automatic UI updates from Splunk Observability Cloud to see previews of observability data from Splunk Observability Cloud while using the Search app.

You can disable automatic UI updates for Splunk Cloud Platform and return to the default Splunk Web UI in the current version of Splunk Cloud Platform at any time. You can disable automatic UI updates from Splunk Observability Cloud to turn off the Related Content feature for your users at any time. To learn about related observability data, see Preview observability data in the Splunk Cloud Platform Search manual

Requirements

To enable automatic UI updates a user's role must hold the edit_auto_ui_updates, rest_properties_get, and rest_properties_set capabilities.

Supported UI pages

Splunk Cloud Platform currently supports automatic UI updates for the following Splunk Web UI pages:

• Uploaded apps
• IP allow list
• Webhook allow list
• Configure limits
• Dashboards Trusted Domains List

Enable automatic UI updates in Splunk Web

To enable automatic UI updates:

1. In Splunk Web, select Settings then select Automatic UI updates.
2. In the dialog box, toggle the switch next to Splunk Cloud Platform to get the latest updates for Splunk Cloud Platform. Toggle the switch next to Splunk Observability Cloud to use the Related Content feature, allowing your users to see previews of observability data in the Search app. See Preview observability data in the Splunk Cloud Platform Search manual for more information.

If you toggled the Splunk Cloud Platform switch, your Splunk Cloud Platform deployment will now display the most recent UI updates for the supported Splunk Web UI pages. If you toggled the Splunk Observability Cloud switch, your users can now see previews of related observability data when they perform searches in the Search app.

Enabling automatic UI updates does not require a restart.