Add and edit notes or media to AR workspaces using Splunk AR

You can add text or media notes to your AR workspaces to clearly describe your data.

Prerequisites

Do the following before adding and editing AR workspace notes:

• Splunk Cloud Gateway is installed on your Splunk Enterprise search head.
• Splunk AR is enabled in the Configure tab of Splunk Cloud Gateway by an admin. See the Install and Administer Splunk Cloud Gateway manual.
• The appropriate user permissions are configured by an admin.
• Register your device with Splunk Cloud Gateway.
• Have access to an asset. See Register an asset.
• Have good even lighting for scanning image-based assets.

Add a note to an AR workspace

1. Scan an asset to view an AR workspace.
2. Select the AR workspace or a visualization.
3. Tap the + button.
4. Type the note you want to add.
5. Tap Save.

Add audio, video, or a PDF to an AR workspace

To add an audio, video, PDF to an AR workspace, you must provide a URL link that points directly to a .mp3, .mp4, or .pdf respectively. To add an image note, the URL can point to any kind of image file.

Prerequisites

Get a media URL to add to your workspace. To get a media URL, follow these steps:

1. Obtain a compatible file of the what you would like to add to an AR workspace.
2. Upload the file to a public data cloud platform, such as AWS.
   The URL must be publicly hosted.
   
3. Copy the URL.
4. Paste the link into an email or messaging app to send the link to your mobile device.
5. On your mobile device, copy the link.

Steps

After copying URL on your mobile device, follow these steps to upload a media note to an AR workspace:

1. In the Splunk AR app, can an asset to view an AR workspace.
2. Select the AR workspace or a visualization.
3. Tap the + note button.
4. Select the type of note you want to add.
5. Enter the copied URL.
6. Enter a title for the media note.
7. Tap Save. The media note is added to the AR workspace.

Edit a note

1. Scan an asset to view an AR workspace.
2. Tap a note.
3. Tap the pen button to edit the note.
4. Edit the note.
5. Tap Save.

Delete a note

1. Scan an asset to view an AR workspace.
2. Tap a note.
3. Tap the trash button.
4. Tap Delete.

Reposition and resize a note

Reposition and resize notes the same way you would adjust a visualization. See Adjust AR workspaces and visualizations to learn how to adjust a visualization.