
Linking interactions
Link to another dashboard for a deeper dive into data specifics. For example, a visualization showing sales revenue across a world map can link to a completely different dashboard that breaks down the specific data points of each major city in a regional area. Both visualizations and shapes can link to either another dashboard or custom URL.
Link to another dashboard
The dashboard you link to can exist in a separate application from the originating dashboard.
To link to another dashboard complete the following steps:
- Select the visualization you want to link from, and it will highlight with a blue border.
- In the Configuration panel, select +Add Drilldown.
- Use the On Click dropdown and choose Link to dashboard.
- Use the Select an App dropdown and search for the app that maintains your dashboard by filtering the name.
- Use the Select a Dashboard dropdown and search for the dashboard you want to link to by filtering the name.
- The following steps are optional.
- Verify that the dashboard has the expected permissions. The owner and permissions will appear below the dashboard's title.
- View the dashboard to verify you are linking to the expected dashboard.
- Select Open in new tab to have the linked dashboard open in a separate tab.
- Pass token values from this dashboard to another linked dashboard. You can use more than one token. For more details, see Setting tokens on a visualization click and Setting tokens from search results or search job metadata.
- Select Save.
When linking from a visualization with data, you must click the actual value in the visualization, not just anywhere, to go to the link.
Link to a custom URL
The URL can be relative, such as coming from a local site, or absolute from an external site.
To link to a custom URL, complete the following steps:
- Select the visualization you want to link from and it will highlight with a blue border.
- In the Configuration panel, click +Add Drilldown.
- Use the On Click dropdown and choose Link to custom URL.
- Provide a relative or absolute URL.
If you do not provide an https:// address, the generated URL is considered internal to Splunk Enterprise and uses a localhost URL, such as
localhost:8000/
. If you provide an https:// prefix, such as/ https://splunk.com
, the link directs to that external URL. - (Optional) Select Open in new tab to have the linked URL open in a new tab.
- Select Save.
When linking from a visualization with data, you must click the actual value in the visualization, not just anywhere, to go to the link.
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Enterprise: 9.0.0, 9.0.1, 9.0.2, 9.0.3, 9.0.4
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