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Formatter API reference

The custom visualization API has been updated for Splunk software version 6.5 and is now fully supported. If you are building a new custom visualization app, use the latest version of the API.

Developers whose apps use the experimental API offered with software version 6.4 are encouraged to update their apps. See API updates and migration advice for more information.

Use the Formatter API to build a custom visualization format menu. The Formatter API supports user experience consistency with the Splunk Web visualization Format menu.

Custom HTML element overview

The Splunk platform supports a set of custom HTML elements that manage the behavior and rendering of user interface controls. Here is an overview of the available elements.

Custom HTML element Description
<splunk-control-group> Wrapper element for a set of interface controls.
<splunk-select> Selection control that takes options in HTML.
<splunk-radio-input> Radio group that takes options in HTML.
<option> Declares an option for select and radio group elements. Child element of these input elements.
<splunk-text-area> Resizable text area.
<splunk-text-input> Text input.
<splunk-color-picker> Color picker element with three preconfigured palette types. Also allows a custom palette.
<splunk-color> Declares a color value for a custom color picker palette. Child element of the <splunk-color-picker> element.

These elements have styling consistent with standard Splunk Web elements, although they do not have the standard Splunk Web layout by default.

Property namespacing

Use the following case-sensitive namespace element and syntax to specify a property in formatter.html.

{{VIZ_NAMESPACE}}.<property name>

The {{VIZ_NAMESPACE}} element is replaced with the namespaced portion of a property name. When the namespace element is combined with the property name, it works equivalently to the following fully-qualified syntax.

display.visualizations.custom.<app name>.<viz name>.<property name>

Selection elements

The following elements present options and a selection interface to users.

splunk-select

Use the <splunk-select> element to create a selection control. Options appear in a list.
6.4 mod viz select element.png

Requirements

  • Specify one or more <option> child elements defining the options that appear in the list.


splunk-radio-input

Use the <splunk-radio-input> element to declare a radio group control.
There are three <splunk-radio-input> elements in this example.
6.4 mod viz formatter radio button.png

Requirements

  • Specify one or more <option> child elements to indicate the options that appear as radio buttons.


option

Use an <option> child element with a <splunk-select> or <splunk-radio-input> to specify available options. The <option> enclosed text appears as the option label. When a user selects an option, the <option> value is set as the control value.

This example shows an option list for specifying decimal precision. Each precision level is an option.
6.4 mod viz formatter option list.png

Examples

Example splunk-select

<splunk-select name="{{VIZ_NAMESPACE}}.legendPosition" value="right">
    <option value="right">Right</option>
    <option value="bottom">Bottom</option>
    <option value="left">Left</option>
    <option value="top">Top</option>
    <option value="none">None</option>
</splunk-select>


Example splunk-radio-input

<splunk-radio-input name="{{VIZ_NAMESPACE}}.theme" value="light">
    <option value="light">Light</option>
    <option value="dark">Dark</option>
</splunk-radio-input>

Text entry elements

The following elements let users add text to a visualization.

splunk-text-input

Use a <splunk-text-input> element to create a text input control where users can enter up to a single line of text.

This example text input lets users specify a visualization caption.

6.4 mod viz text input example.png

splunk-text-area

Use a <splunk-text-area> element to create a text area control where users can type multiple lines of text.

Examples

Example splunk-text-input

<splunk-text-input name="{{VIZ_NAMESPACE}}.yAxisMaximum"></splunk-text-input>


Example splunk-text-area

<splunk-text-area name="{{VIZ_NAMESPACE}}.xAxisTitle"></splunk-text-area>


Color configuration element

This element lets users customize colors in a visualization.

splunk-color-picker

Use this element to provide a color configuration user interface. 6.4 mod viz color picker.png

Guidelines

  • Specify one of the following types for the color picker.
    • splunkCategorical. Default type if none is specified.
    • splunkSemantic
    • splunkSequential
    • custom
    • Specify colors in the custom palette or extend one of the available palette types using <splunk-color> tags.
  • For custom color palettes, the <splunk-color> tag accepts valid CSS color strings. Invalid strings are ignored.
  • You can use the value tag to set a default value for the picker.

Example

<!-- Default color picker with splunkCategorical colors -->
<splunk-color-picker>
</splunk-color-picker>
  
<!-- Color picker with splunkSemantic colors -->
<splunk-color-picker type="splunkSemantic">
</splunk-color-picker>
  
<!-- Custom color picker with only black and white. Default value is set to black -->
<splunk-color-picker type="custom" value="#000000">
    <splunk-color>#ffffff</splunk-color>
    <splunk-color>#000000</splunk-color>
</splunk-color-picker>
 
<!-- A splunkCategorical color picker that also includes black. Default value is set to black -->
<splunk-color-picker value="#000000">
    <splunk-color>#000000</splunk-color>
</splunk-color-picker>


Format menu groupings and tabs

Developers can customize the format menu to group different form elements into sections. Each section renders as a separate tab in the format menu. This example shows a format menu with tabs for different format option groups.
6.4 mod viz format menu group.png

Guidelines

  • Use the schema to implement multiple form elements at the top level of the HTML hierarchy.
  • Each form element should have the class splunk-formatter-section and a section-label attribute to indicate the tab label.

Example


<form class="splunk-formatter-section" section-label="Tab 1">
    ...
    <splunk-select>...</splunk-select>
    ...
</form>
<form class="splunk-formatter-section" section-label="Tab 2">
    ...
    <splunk-text-input>...</splunk-text-input>
    ...
</form>


Wrapper for input elements and labels

Input elements

Wrap all format menu input elements with this component.

<splunk-control-group>

You can specify the following <splunk-control-group> attributes.

Attribute Description
label Label for the input element. Appears in the UI.
help String appearing underneath the control.


Complete formatter.html example

This example includes a text input and a color picker.

<form class="splunk-formatter-section" section-label="Max value">
    <splunk-control-group label="Maximum dial value">
        <splunk-text-input name="{{VIZ_NAMESPACE}}.maxValue" value="100">
        </splunk-text-input>
    </splunk-control-group>
</form>
<form class="splunk-formatter-section" section-label="Dial color">
    <splunk-control-group label="Color">
        <splunk-color-picker name="{{VIZ_NAMESPACE}}.mainColor" value="#f7bc38">
        </splunk-color-picker>
    </splunk-control-group>
</form>
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