user-prefs.conf

The following are the spec and example files for user-prefs.conf.

user-prefs.conf.spec

   Version 7.2.10

 This file describes some of the settings that are used, and
 can be configured on a per-user basis for use by the Splunk Web UI.

 Settings in this file are requested with user and application scope of the
 relevant user, and the user-prefs app.

 Additionally, settings by the same name which are available in the roles
 the user belongs to will be used at lower precedence.

 This means interactive setting of these values will cause the values to be
 updated in
 $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/users/<username>/user-prefs/local/user-prefs.conf where
 <username> is the username for the user altering their preferences.

 It also means that values in another app will never be used unless they
 are exported globally (to system scope) or to the user-prefs app.

 In practice, providing values in other apps isn't very interesting, since
 values from the authorize.conf roles settings are more typically sensible
 ways to defaults for values in user-prefs.

[general]

default_namespace = <app name>
* Specifies the app that the user will see initially upon login to the
  Splunk Web User Interface.
* This uses the "short name" of the app, such as launcher, or search,
  which is synonymous with the app directory name.
* Splunk defaults this to 'launcher' via the default authorize.conf

tz = <timezone>
* Specifies the per-user timezone to use
* If unset, the timezone of the Splunk Server or Search Head is used.
* Only canonical timezone names such as America/Los_Angeles should be
  used (for best results use the Splunk UI).
* Defaults to unset.

lang = <language>
* Specifies the per-user language preference for non-webui operations, where
  multiple tags are separated by commas.
* If unset, English "en-US" will be used when required.
* Only tags used in the "Accept-Language" HTTP header will be allowed, such as
  "en-US" or "fr-FR".
* Fuzzy matching is supported, where "en" will match "en-US".
* Optional quality settings is supported, such as "en-US,en;q=0.8,fr;q=0.6"
* Defaults to unset.

install_source_checksum = <string>
* Records a checksum of the tarball from which a given set of private user
  configurations was installed.
* Analogous to <install_source_checksum> in app.conf.

search_syntax_highlighting = [light|dark|black-white]
* Highlights different parts of a search string with different colors.
* Defaults to light.
* Dashboards ignore this setting.

search_use_advanced_editor = <boolean>
* Specifies whether the search bar is run using the advanced editor or in just plain text.
* If set to false, search_auto_format, and search_line_numbers will be false and search_assistant can only be [full|none].
* Defaults to true.

search_assistant = [full|compact|none]
* Specifies the type of search assistant to use when constructing a search.
* Defaults to compact.

search_auto_format = <boolean>
* Specifies if auto-format is enabled in the search input.
* Default to false.

search_line_numbers = <boolean>
* Display the line numbers with the search.
* Defaults to false.

datasets:showInstallDialog = <boolean>
* Flag to enable/disable the install dialog for the datasets addon
* Defaults to true

dismissedInstrumentationOptInVersion = <integer>
* Set by splunk_instrumentation app to its current value of optInVersion when the opt-in modal is dismissed.

hideInstrumentationOptInModal = <boolean>
* Set to 1 by splunk_instrumentation app when the opt-in modal is dismissed.

[default]

 Additional settings exist, but are entirely UI managed.
<setting> = <value>

[general_default]

default_earliest_time = <string>
default_latest_time = <string>
* Sets the global default time range across all apps, users, and roles on the search page.

[role_<name>]

<name> = <value>

user-prefs.conf.example

#   Version 7.2.10
#
# This is an example user-prefs.conf.  Use this file to configure settings
# on a per-user basis for use by the Splunk Web UI.
#
# To use one or more of these configurations, copy the configuration block
# into user-prefs.conf in $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local/. You must restart
# Splunk to enable configurations.
#
# To learn more about configuration files (including precedence) please see
# the documentation located at
# http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Admin/Aboutconfigurationfiles

# Note: These are examples.  Replace the values with your own
# customizations.


# EXAMPLE: Setting the default timezone to GMT for all Power and User role
# members, and setting a different language preference for each.

[role_power]
tz = GMT
lang = en-US

[role_user]
tz = GMT
lang = fr-FR,fr-CA;q=0