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:

• Register your device to a Splunk Platform instance that has Splunk Secure Gateway and the Splunk App for AR installed. See Register your mobile device to a Splunk instance.
• Have the right Splunk AR user permissions Configure Splunk AR roles and permissions.
• Have access to a registered 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.

Prerequisite for adding media to an AR workspace

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, scan an asset to view an AR workspace.
2. Select the AR workspace title.
3. Tap the + button.
4. Select the type of note or media you want to add.
5. Enter a note or your 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 or media

1. Scan an asset to view an AR workspace.
2. Tap a note or media.
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.