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WebStats errors on every link?

mikebian — Mon, 28 Sep 2020 15:18:26 GMT

I am trying to use the WebStats app. I loaded some data from an access.log file into Splunk and installed WebStats. Then I launch the "webstats" app. When I try to use any of the menu items in the app, I get error messages. Here is a sampling of them:

Error in 'savedsearch' command: Unable to find saved search named 'P_webstats_1h_AverageTimePerPage_fromSummary'.
Error in 'SearchOperator:loadjob': Cannot find artifacts for savedsearch_ident 'admin:SA_PF_webstats:P_webstats_1h_scheduled_TopPages'.
Module SearchSelectLister_0_3_0: Could not find a saved search named "P_webstats_1d_scheduled_TopPages".
PARSER: Applying intentions failed Error in 'SearchParser': Could not find macro 'custom_pre_processing' that takes 0 arguments. Expecting stanza name 'custom_pre_processing'.

Am I missing something here?

I am using Splunk 4.3 on Windows XP.

Thanks

Mike

Re: WebStats errors on every link?

somesoni2 — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 18:46:23 GMT

Seems like the app is not installed properly. Could you please verify if you can see listed objects in Splunk UI (under WebStats app)?

Re: WebStats errors on every link?

mikebian — Mon, 28 Sep 2020 15:18:31 GMT

When I view objects for the app, I see the following:

client_statistics_by_id
client_statistics_by_ip default
page_geomap
page_statistics_PagesOverAll
page_statistics_TopPages
path_statistics_NStepsTo
path_statistics_PrevNext

I didn't get any errors installing it. I did it diretly the Splunk head machine.

The documentation page references a readme and a supporting addon called SA_PF_webstatss, neither of which I can find. The download is webstats.spl, so I am not even sure where to look for a readme file.

Thanks

Mike

Re: WebStats errors on every link?

mikebian — Wed, 20 Nov 2013 14:47:21 GMT

I figured this out. I am very new to Splunk and didn't reailze the way this worked. When you install the webstats.spl file, the readme file gets extracted on the head server here:

\Program Files\Splunk\etc\apps\webstats

Also, the required add ons get extracted here:

\Program Files\Splunk\etc\apps\webstats\appserver\addons

and these need to be installed also. Once they are installed, you will be able to see their readme files in similar directories on the server and complete the required setup steps.

So, it's kind of working for me now. Still having some data issues, but I'll work through that.