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Custom Javascript throw exception: "Splunk is not defined"

barakakha — Sun, 10 May 2015 15:33:37 GMT

I'm trying to add custom Javascript to my simple XML dashboard (as explained here) but when it start running it throw an exception "Splunk is not defined".

This is my js code with some modification to find why its not running:

try{
    if( Splunk.Module.SimpleResultsTable ){
    Splunk.Module.SimpleResultsTable = $.klass(Splunk.Module.SimpleResultsTable, {
        renderResults: function($super, htmlFragment) {
            $super(htmlFragment);

            if (this.getInferredEntityName()=="events") {
                this.renderedCount = $("tr", this.container).length - 1;
            }

            $('#highlight td').each(function() {
                $(this).attr("data-value",$(this).html().trim());
            });
        }
    });
 }
}
catch(err){
    alert(err.message);
}

what am i doing wrong?

Re: Custom Javascript throw exception: "Splunk is not defined"

acharlieh — Sun, 10 May 2015 18:32:10 GMT

As explained where? Did you intend to include a link?

Re: Custom Javascript throw exception: "Splunk is not defined"

barakakha — Mon, 11 May 2015 07:13:00 GMT

yes, sorry.. this is the link: http://answers.splunk.com/answers/83206/color-in-a-table-based-on-values.html

Re: Custom Javascript throw exception: "Splunk is not defined"

jeffland — Mon, 11 May 2015 08:54:42 GMT

Your javascript file needs to load some dependencies. Right now, you are telling the browser to out of the blue use an object called "Splunk", but you didn't tell it where to find that object. Have a look here at the third gray box to see that your .js needs to have roughly the following format:

require([
"splunkjs/ready!",
"splunkjs/mvc/chartview"
], function(mvc) {
    var Chart = require("splunkjs/mvc/chartview"); // otherwise "Chart" would be undefined etc.
    // further js goes here
});

The splunkjs/ready! is needed to use Splunk in your js code I believe, so placing the code you currently have where the comment indicates should do the trick for you, at least as far as the error you currently have is concerned.

Re: Custom Javascript throw exception: "Splunk is not defined"

barakakha — Mon, 11 May 2015 11:27:02 GMT

Thank you!! that was it..