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Dashboards and Visualizations

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Dashboards and forms

Use dashboards and forms to visualize, organize, and share data insights.

Dashboards and forms have one or more rows of panels. Each panel contains a visualization, such as chart, table, or map. In each panel, a search generates data for the visualization.

Forms are different from dashboards because they include <input> elements, such as text boxes or radio buttons, for user interactions. You can configure elements in a form, such as a panel, to respond to user input by customizing the searches that drive visualizations or changing other behavior.

For more details on building a <dashboard> or <form>, see the Simple XML Reference.


Anatomy of dashboards and forms

See the Simple XML Reference for complete information on dashboard and form element hierarchy.

Element Description
top-level element <dashboard> or <form>
Title <label> (Optional)
Description <description> (Optional)
Global search Global search is for use with post-process searches. Post-process searches have limitations. See Post-process limitations.

<search id="[identifier]">

Form inputs (Forms only) <fieldset>
  <input>
    <text>
    
Rows Each row contains one or more panels.

<row>

Panels Each panel contains an optional title, optional inputs, and one or more visualizations. See Dashboard panels for the types of panels available.

<panel>

Visualizations A visualization displays data returned from a search.

<chart> <event> <map> <single> <table>

Search A search for a visualization.

<search id="[identifier]"> Base search for post-process searches.

<search base="[id]"> Post-process search referencing a base search.

<search ref="[report] [ app="[app name]" ]> Reference a search from a report. Reference to app is optional.

Options Properties specific to a visualization.

<option name="[option name]">

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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Enterprise: 7.0.0, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 7.0.5, 7.0.6, 7.0.7, 7.0.8, 7.0.9, 7.0.10, 7.0.11, 7.0.13, 7.1.0, 7.1.1, 7.1.2, 7.1.3, 7.1.4, 7.1.5, 7.1.6, 7.1.7, 7.1.8, 7.1.9, 7.1.10, 7.2.0, 7.2.2, 7.2.3, 7.2.4, 7.2.5, 7.2.6, 7.2.7, 7.2.8, 7.2.9, 7.2.10, 7.3.0, 7.3.1, 7.3.2, 7.3.3, 7.3.4, 7.3.5, 7.3.6, 7.3.7, 7.3.8, 7.3.9, 8.0.0, 8.0.1, 8.0.2, 8.0.3, 8.0.5, 8.0.10, 7.2.1, 7.0.1, 8.0.4, 8.0.9, 8.1.0, 8.1.1, 8.1.2, 8.1.3, 8.1.4, 8.1.5, 8.1.6, 8.1.7, 8.1.8, 8.1.9, 8.1.10, 8.1.11, 8.1.12, 8.1.13, 8.1.14, 8.2.0, 8.2.1, 8.2.2, 8.2.3, 8.2.4, 8.2.5, 8.2.6, 8.2.7, 8.2.8, 8.2.9, 8.2.10, 8.2.11, 8.2.12, 9.0.0, 9.0.1, 9.0.2, 9.0.3, 9.0.4, 9.0.5, 9.0.6, 9.0.7, 9.0.8, 9.1.0, 9.1.1, 9.1.2, 9.1.3, 9.2.0, 8.0.6, 8.0.7, 8.0.8


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