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Manage teams in Splunk Observability Cloud 🔗

Managing teams in Splunk Observability Cloud means creating and deleting teams, as well as managing membership and team security.

Create a team 🔗

To create a team, you must be a Splunk Observability Cloud administrator.

To create a team, follow these steps:

  1. Log in to Splunk Observability Cloud.

  2. In the left navigation menu, select Settings then Teams.

  3. Select Create New Team.

  4. In the Team name dialog box, enter a name for the team.

  5. (Optional) In the Description field, enter a description of the team.

  6. From the Add Users list, you can search for users with the search text box.

  7. Continue to add users to the team.

  8. When you’re finished adding users, select Create. The new team name appears in the list of teams.

Delete a team 🔗

To delete a team, you must be a Splunk Observability Cloud administrator.

To delete a team, follow these steps:

  1. Log in to Splunk Observability Cloud.

  2. In the left navigation menu, select Settings > Teams.

  3. A table of current teams appears in the main panel.

  4. Find the name of the team.

  5. Select the Actions menu icon next the team name, then select Delete Team.

  6. Splunk Observability Cloud displays a dialog box that asks you to confirm the deletion. Select Delete.

The team no longer appears in the list of teams.

Change team name 🔗

To learn which roles can change the name of a team, see Team roles and permissions.

To change the team name, follow these steps:

  1. Log in to Splunk Observability Cloud.

  2. In the left navigation menu, select Settings > Teams.

  3. A table of current teams appears in the main panel.

  4. Find the name of the team and select the team.

  5. Select the Edit icon next the team name.

  6. When you’re finished editing the name, select Enter to save your changes.

Note

The Team name is case-insensitive. If you attempt to change the team name from Team to team, you will see a message that the name already exists.

The team now appears with the name you changed it to.

Add team members 🔗

For the roles that can add and remove team members, see Team roles and permissions.

To add or remove team members, follow these steps:

  1. Log in to Splunk Observability Cloud.

  2. In the left navigation menu, select Settings > Teams.

  3. A table of current teams appears in the main panel.

  4. Find the name of the team.

  5. Select the Actions menu (⋯) next to the team name and select Add users.

  6. Use the Add Users field to search for users by name or email to add them to the team.

    • To add a team member, select the email address of the member.

  7. Select Add.

Remove team members 🔗

For the roles that can add and remove team members, see Team roles and permissions.

To remove team members, follow these steps:

  1. Log in to Splunk Observability Cloud.

  2. In the left navigation menu, select Settings > Teams.

  3. A table of current teams appears in the main panel.

  4. Find the name of the team whose member list you want to edit.

  5. On the Users tab, select the Actions menu (⋯) next to the name of the user you want to remove from the team.

  6. Select Remove from team

View a user’s team membership 🔗

You can search by a user’s name to view a list of the teams to which they belong.

To view which teams a user belongs to, follow these steps:

  1. Log in to Splunk Observability Cloud.

  2. In the left navigation menu, select Settings > Teams.

  3. A table of current teams appears in the main panel.

  4. In the search bar, enter the name of the user and ensure that Users is selected. You can search by the user’s name or email address.

This page was last updated on Dec 12, 2023.