Splunk® App for Edge Hub and Augmented Reality

Splunk AR: Install and Use Splunk App for Edge Hub and Splunk AR

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The Splunk App for AR is a required companion app for the Splunk AR mobile app. To learn more, see About the Splunk App for AR.
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Associate objects with dashboards in the Splunk App for AR with asset tags

Associate assets with data so Splunk AR mobile users can consume, interact with, and take action with data where it physically exists. You can register individual assets in the Splunk App for AR or in the Splunk AR mobile app. In the Splunk App for AR, you can also register a group of assets and get QR codes or NFC URLs.

See the following topics to learn more about Splunk AR assets:

Prerequisites

Complete the following requirements before registering assets:

Register an individual asset

Register an asset in the Splunk App for AR and associate it with data for Splunk AR users to view and interact with.

If you want AR visualizations to update automatically, specify a refresh interval in the original dashboard before creating the AR workspace. You must create the AR workspace again if you make changes to the dashboard after creating the AR workspace. See Dashboard or form in the Splunk Enterprise ''Dashboards and Visualizations'' manual for more information on specifying a refresh interval.

  1. In the Splunk App for AR, click Register New Asset.
  2. Select Single Asset.
  3. Enter an asset name.
  4. Enter an Asset ID, such as a barcode number. Leave the field blank to automatically generate an ID.
  5. Select an asset display.
    Select AR workspace to associate augmented reality data with the asset or Splunk Dashboard to associate a non-AR dashboard with the asset.
  6. Select a compatible dashboard.
  7. Configure the asset display. Refer to the following table to configure an AR workspace or Splunk dashboard:
  8. Asset display How to
    AR workspace
    1. Select a compatible dashboard.
    2. Select a workspace template.
      Select New to adjust the AR visualizations from a default position. Select Existing to start with an existing workspace. The existing workspaces list displays workspaces that have the same number of visualizations as the number panels in the dashboard you selected.
    3. If you create a workspace, enter a workspace name. Or select an existing workspace. The data from the dashboard panels populates the AR visualizations.
    4. Click Confirm.
    Splunk dashboard
    1. Select a compatible dashboard.
    2. Click Confirm.

The asset appears in the Assets tab of the Splunk App for AR. Select Get Tag > QR Code or Mobile URL to get a QR code or NFC URL. For optimal QR code scanning, use a 4-by-4-centimeters QR code.

See View Splunk dashboards and AR workspaces using Splunk AR in the Use Splunk AR manual to learn how to scan an asset.

Register a group of assets

If your organization has a large number of existing assets, you can bulk register these assets using the Splunk App for AR.

When registering a group of assets, keep in mind that the AR workspace or Splunk dashboard you choose for the asset group applies to all assets.

  1. In the Splunk App for AR, click Register Assets.
  2. Select Asset Group.
  3. Click CSV file template to download the asset group template.
  4. In the CSV file template, fill out the asset names in one column and the corresponding asset IDs in the second column. to automatically generate asset IDs, leave the asset ID column blank.
  5. Upload the completed template to the Splunk App for AR.
  6. Select New or Existing.
  7. If you selected New, enter a group name. If you selected Existing, select an existing group to add assets to.
  8. Select an asset display. The asset display you select applies to all assets in the group.
  9. Configure the asset display.
    See Register an individual asset to learn how to configure the asset display.
  10. Click Confirm.

See View Splunk dashboards and AR workspaces using Splunk AR to scan an asset to view AR workspaces or Splunk dashboards using your mobile device.

The asset group appears in the Asset Groups tab. Next to an individual grouped asset, click Get Tag > QR Code or Mobile URL to create an asset tag. For optimal QR code scanning, use a 4-by-4-centimeter QR code. If you can't scan the asset tag, see Troubleshoot Splunk AR.

Manage group assets

Your asset groups are available in the Asset Groups tab in the Splunk App for AR. The Asset Groups tab contains a list of your asset groups and a list of individual assets that belong to the groups.

You can edit an entire group or individually edit assets that are part of a group. To edit an asset group, click Edit next to an Asset Group. To edit an individual asset that belongs to a group, click Edit next to a asset in the group.

Last modified on 14 January, 2022
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® App for Edge Hub and Augmented Reality: 1.0.0, 1.10.0, 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.3.0, 1.4.1


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