Configure dashboard warning messages and billing options

Use the Configure tab in the Splunk App for AWS to configure custom AWS billing tags and warning messages for dashboards.

Use custom AWS billing tags

Manually enable custom tags from the AWS Billing & Cost Management console to filter and group billing data in the Capacity Planner and Historical Detailed Billing dashboards. By default, custom AWS billing tags are disabled in the Splunk App for AWS. For better performance, select only the tags you need.

For information about creating custom tags, see Using Cost Allocation Tags on the Amazon website.

To select tags to filter and group data, follow these steps.

1. From the Splunk App for Infrastructure, select the Configure tab.
2. Under Billing, click Select Billing Tags.
3. If you created custom tags in the AWS Billing & Cost Management console, they will appear in the pop-up window. Select each tag you want to use in the Capacity Planner and Historical Detailed Billing dashboards.
4. When you are done, click Save.

For more information about using custom tags in the Splunk App for AWS, see Select tags for your Historical Detailed Billing and Capacity Planner dashboards in the User Manual.

Configure warning message settings for your dashboards

A warning message displays at the top of a dashboard when there is an error displaying an element of the dashboard.

For example, if you are trying to monitor AWS resources from a dashboard and have not yet configured a specific input that populates panels on that dashboard, a message will display indicating that some panels will not provide any information because you have not configured the required input. Similarly, if you have not scheduled a saved search that populates panels on the dashboard, a message displays indicating you have not scheduled the required saved search to start populating panels.

By default, warning messages for each dashboard tab are enabled. You can manage warning messages for these dashboard tabs:

• Overview
• Topology
• Timeline
• Usage
• Security
• Insights
• Billing

You cannot manage message warnings for each dashboard under a specific tab. If you enable or disable warning messages for a dashboard tab, it will enable or disable warning messages for every dashboard under the dashboard tab.

Even when you disable warning messages for a dashboard tab, you can view warning messages for each panel that is not displaying data in each dashboard. To do so, click the warning icon in the top-right corner of the dashboard panel.

Follow these steps to manage warning messages for each dashboard tab.

1. From the Splunk App for AWS, select the Configure tab.
2. Under Warning message settings, select or deselect dashboard tabs to display or hide warning messages, respectively.