https://community.splunk.com/t5/Dashboards-Visualizations/Difference-between-ViewRedirector-and-ViewRedirectorLink/m-p/33164#M1468 <P>So I don't understand the difference between ViewRedirector and ViewRedirectorLink modules. I was handed some Advanced XML that I'm maintaining, and would like if someone could explain what this pattern does:</P> <P><MODULE name="HiddenChartFormatter"><BR /> &lt;!-- ... charting.* column chart stuff --&gt;<BR /> <MODULE name="FlashChart"><BR /> <OBJECT><PARAM name="width" />100%<BR /> <MODULE name="ConvertToDrilldownSearch"><BR /> <MODULE name="ViewRedirector"><BR /> <PARAM name="viewTarget" />flashtimeline<BR /> </MODULE><BR /> </MODULE><BR /> </OBJECT></MODULE><BR /> <MODULE name="ViewRedirectorLink"><BR /> <OBJECT><PARAM name="viewTarget" />flashtimeline<BR /> </OBJECT></MODULE><BR /> </MODULE></P> <P>So I think that 'ViewRedirectorLink' creates the 'View Results' link, but I can't figure out what the 'ConvertToDrilldownSearch' with nested 'ViewRedirector' module does. </P> Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:24:26 GMT dabarb1 2011-12-12T16:24:26Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Dashboards-Visualizations/Difference-between-ViewRedirector-and-ViewRedirectorLink/m-p/33164#M1468 <P>So I don't understand the difference between ViewRedirector and ViewRedirectorLink modules. I was handed some Advanced XML that I'm maintaining, and would like if someone could explain what this pattern does:</P> <P><MODULE name="HiddenChartFormatter"><BR /> &lt;!-- ... charting.* column chart stuff --&gt;<BR /> <MODULE name="FlashChart"><BR /> <OBJECT><PARAM name="width" />100%<BR /> <MODULE name="ConvertToDrilldownSearch"><BR /> <MODULE name="ViewRedirector"><BR /> <PARAM name="viewTarget" />flashtimeline<BR /> </MODULE><BR /> </MODULE><BR /> </OBJECT></MODULE><BR /> <MODULE name="ViewRedirectorLink"><BR /> <OBJECT><PARAM name="viewTarget" />flashtimeline<BR /> </OBJECT></MODULE><BR /> </MODULE></P> <P>So I think that 'ViewRedirectorLink' creates the 'View Results' link, but I can't figure out what the 'ConvertToDrilldownSearch' with nested 'ViewRedirector' module does. </P> Mon, 12 Dec 2011 16:24:26 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Dashboards-Visualizations/Difference-between-ViewRedirector-and-ViewRedirectorLink/m-p/33164#M1468 dabarb1 2011-12-12T16:24:26Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Dashboards-Visualizations/Difference-between-ViewRedirector-and-ViewRedirectorLink/m-p/33165#M1469 <P>Those two modules (ConvertToDrilldownSearch and ViewRedirector), make it so that when the user clicks on a column or a pie wedge in that FlashChart, they are taken to the raw events that made up that column or wedge. </P> <P>Granted, sometimes when the underlying search contains certain problematic search commands or syntax, the drilldown intention will know it's out of it's league, and such a click by the end-user can lead to an error message. In most cases this "generic drilldown" will work fine though. </P> Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:44:39 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Dashboards-Visualizations/Difference-between-ViewRedirector-and-ViewRedirectorLink/m-p/33165#M1469 sideview 2011-12-12T18:44:39Z