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Share data with Splunk Enterprise and the Splunk Dashboard Studio

For users of the Splunk Dashboard Studio for Enterprise, the Splunk platform sends anonymized usage data to Splunk Inc. ("Splunk") to help improve the Splunk Dashboard Studio in future releases. For information about how to opt in or out and how the data is collected, stored, and governed, see Share data in Splunk Enterprise.

What data is collected

The Splunk Dashboards app collects the following basic usage information:

Component Description Example
app.session.udf.telemetry General telemetry collected on visualization usage and settings.
{
    "component": "app.session.udf.telemetry",
    "data": {
        "pageAction": "dashboard.initialize",
        "metadata": {},
        "udfVersion": "20.3.1",
        "definition": {
            "visualizations": {
                "viz_2aae822a03cb3f7c58a43c04652ee908": {
                    "type": "viz.column",
                    "options": {},
                    "titleLength": 13,
                    "descriptionLength": 26
                },
                "viz_3a1a36fecbc0b5b46b5cb8777756ea6c": {
                    "type": "viz.singlevalueicon",
                    "options": {
                        "showValue": false,
                        "icon": true
                    }
                },
                "viz_cf5bd9532cfe6d8619132f9bb11cefd5": {
                    "type": "viz.rectangle"
                },
                "viz_36b6e66b1475b0e0677676b947f1d884": {
                    "type": "viz.singlevalue",
                    "options": {},
                    "titleLength": 13,
                    "descriptionLength": 24
                },
                "viz_f3479a853843e0e72405cc99fc9fc810": {
                    "type": "viz.text",
                    "options": {
                        "content": true
                    }
                }
            },
            "inputs": {},
            "layout": {
                "globalInputs": [],
                "type": "absolute",
                "options": {},
                "structure": [
                    {
                        "item": "viz_2aae822a03cb3f7c58a43c04652ee908",
                        "type": "block",
                        "position": {
                            "x": 0,
                            "y": 0,
                            "w": 300,
                            "h": 300
                        }
                    },
                    {
                        "item": "viz_3a1a36fecbc0b5b46b5cb8777756ea6c",
                        "type": "block",
                        "position": {
                            "x": 330,
                            "y": 0,
                            "w": 250,
                            "h": 250
                        }
                    },
                    {
                        "item": "viz_cf5bd9532cfe6d8619132f9bb11cefd5",
                        "type": "block",
                        "position": {
                            "x": 640,
                            "y": 40,
                            "w": 150,
                            "h": 160
                        }
                    },
                    {
                        "item": "viz_36b6e66b1475b0e0677676b947f1d884",
                        "type": "block",
                        "position": {
                            "x": 10,
                            "y": 340,
                            "w": 250,
                            "h": 250
                        }
                    },
                    {
                        "item": "viz_f3479a853843e0e72405cc99fc9fc810",
                        "type": "block",
                        "position": {
                            "x": 370,
                            "y": 270,
                            "w": 310,
                            "h": 60
                        }
                    }
                ]
            },
            "descriptionLength": 0,
            "titleLength": 44
        },
        "app": "splunk-dashboard-studio",
        "page": "_do_not_edit_delete_telemetryreviewdashboard"
    }
app.session.createNewDashboardDialog.interact General telemetry collected when a new dashboard is created.
{
        "component": "app.session.createNewDashboardDialog.interact",
        "data": {
            "action": "createNewDashboard",
            "editId": true,
            "hasDescription": false,
            "dashboardType": "udf",
            "layout": "absolute",
            "sharing": "user",
            "status": "success",
            "app": "search",
            "page": "dashboards"
        },
    }
app.session.dashboard.load Triggered when a dashboard is loaded.
{
"component": "app.session.dashboard.load"
   "data": { [-]
     "app": search
     dashboard: { [-]
       autoRun: false
       hideAppBar: false
       hideChrome: false
       hideEdit: false
       hideExport: false
       hideFilters: false
       hideSplunkBar: false
       hideTitle: false
       isScheduled: false
       isVisible: true
       numCustomCss: 0
       numCustomJs: 0
       refresh: 0
       submitButton: false
       theme: light
     }
     elementTypeCounts: { [-]
       statistics: 1
     }
     formInputTypeCounts: { [-]
     }
     layoutType: row-column-layout
     numElements: 1
     numFormInputs: 0
     numPanels: 1
     numPrebuiltPanels: 0
     numSearches: 1
     page: splunker
     searchTypeCounts: { [-]
       saved: 1
     },
    enableRiskyCommandCheckDashboard: true
   }
}
"pageAction": "scheduledExport.save" Scheduled export successfully created.
{
type: "dashboard.telemetry"
    data: {
        pageAction: "scheduledExport.save",
        success: true,
        enabledInitially: false,
        enabledAtSave: true,
        cronSchedule: "0 18 * * *",
        emailCountTo: 1,
        emailCountCC: 0,
        emailCountBCC: 0,
        emailSubjectLength: 22,
        emailMessageLength: 17,
        includeLinkInitially: false,
        includeLinkAtSave: false
    }
}
"pageAction": "performance.startTimer" Performance time to render visualizations.
{
"component": "app.session.udf.telemetry",
"data": {
     "pageAction": "performance.startTimer",
     "metadata": {
            "timerId": "Visualization - input - ab268181536746432d1ba55ed554c677c90014ed5b8e8714f68dd51a07f08c69 - Time to Interactive",
            "sourceElement": 'TimeRangePicker',
            "heroElement": "Visualization - input - ab268181536746432d1ba55ed554c677c90014ed5b8e8714f68dd51a07f08c69 - Time to Interactive",
            "currentTime": 1279352,
            "markInformation": "Visualization - input - ab268181536746432d1ba55ed554c677c90014ed5b8e8714f68dd51a07f08c69 - Time to Interactive"
        },
       "udfVersion": "23.0.0",
       "source": "TimeRangePicker",
       "app": "search",
       "page": "telemetry_testing"
    },
}
"pageAction": "riskyWarningDialog.open" Warning dialogue opens and describes a risky command in the query.
{
    "component": "app.session.udf.telemetry",
    "data": {
        "pageAction": "riskyWarningDialog.open",
        "metadata": {
            "type": "input"
        },
        "udfVersion": "22.4.0",
        "source": "riskyWarningDialog",
        "app": "search",
        "page": "telemetry_testing"
    },
}
"pageAction": "riskyWarningDialog.cancel" Warning dialogue confirming cancelation of a query with a risky command.
{
"component": "app.session.udf.telemetry",
    "data": {
        "pageAction": "riskyWarningDialog.cancel",
        "metadata": {
            "type": "visualization"
        },
        "udfVersion": "22.4.0",
        "source": "riskyWarningDialog",
        "app": "search",
        "page": "telemetry_testing"
    },
}
"pageAction": "riskyWarningDialog.runSearch" Warning dialogue confirming the action to perform a query with a risky command.
{
"component": "app.session.udf.telemetry",
    "data": {
        "pageAction": "riskyWarningDialog.runSearch",
        "metadata": {
            "type": "input"
        },
        "udfVersion": "22.4.0",
        "source": "riskyWarningDialog",
        "app": "search",
        "page": "telemetry_testing"
    },
}
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