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Built-in variables 🔗

Splunk Synthetic Monitoring provides built-in variables for use in your synthetic tests. Use the variable name to reference a variable in a test during setup.

Random variables 🔗

Splunk Synthetic Monitoring provides the following set of random variables you can use in your tests:

Variable

Description

Example

random.hex

A random string of hexadecimal digits

fc7eaf12b54eb220ac1758c657518dee

random.integer

A random 10-digit integer

463500376

Date-and-time variables 🔗

Splunk Synthetic Monitoring provides the following set of date and time variables you can use in your tests:

Variable

Description

Example

date.today

Today’s date, in YYYY-MM-DD format

2022-04-22

date.year

The current year

2022

date.month

The current month, in MM format

03

date.day

The current day of the month, in DD format

07

time.now

The current time, in YYYY-MM-DD HH:SS:MM -XXXX format

2022-04-22 13:46:02 -0400

Location variables 🔗

Splunk Synthetic Monitoring provides the following set of location variables you can use in your tests:

Variable

Description

Example

location.region

The region of the current location

us-east-1

location.public.ip

The public IP address of the current location

54.208.109.193

location.name

The name of the current location

N. Virginia

location.name_as_param

The name of the current location, formatted as a parameter

N.-Virginia

location.latitude

The latitude value of the current location

39.0437

location.longitude

The longitude value of the current location

-77.4875

location.geolocation

The coordinates of the current location

{"coords": {"latitude":"39.0437", "longitude":"-77.4875"}}

Request variables for API Tests 🔗

Splunk Synthetic Monitoring provides the following set of request variables you can use in your API Tests:

Variable

Description

Example

response.body

The JSON response body

{"check_id":48243,...}

response.body_size

The size of the JSON response body, in megabytes

20 MB

response.code

The HTTP response code of the API Test

200

response.response_time

Response time of the request, in milliseconds

32 ms

response.dns_time

DNS time of the request, in milliseconds

145 ms

response.first_byte_time

Time to first byte of the request, in milliseconds

4 ms

Use a variable in a test 🔗

While creating or editing a test, the right-hand Variables tab shows a list of built-in variables and existing global variables you can use. Select the name of a variable to copy it to your keyboard and paste it in the field of your choice.

This page was last updated on Dec 20, 2024.