topic Making xml valid in Dashboards & Visualizations

Making xml valid

khailz — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 15:26:45 GMT

Hi guys, i am having an issue with the xml script in the last line but i cant seem to figure out how to make it valid as i have.

Have tried double quotes but does not work.

data-options='{ "app": "simple_xml_examples", "preview": true, "search": ""sourcetype = a NOT (is OR you OR the OR chinese)' title="*" | eval words=split(title," ") | stats count words""}

Re: Making xml valid

jplumsdaine22 — Fri, 05 Feb 2016 09:56:38 GMT

To post special characters into Splunk answers insert a new line and then indent 4 spaces

like this
<xml for ever>

Re: Making xml valid

khailz — Sat, 06 Feb 2016 07:52:43 GMT

thanks for the reply. but i do not get it. I would have to add it before for a

</xml>

close ?

Re: Making xml valid

jplumsdaine22 — Mon, 08 Feb 2016 13:59:38 GMT

Sorry I thought you were wondering how to add xml to your post. 🙂 Your question is not very clear. You say you are having trouble with an xml script. Which script? Is this a dashboard view? How do you know its invalid? What you have posted is not xml -it looks more like JSON. Can you provide some more context over what you are trying to achieve and what error you are getting

Re: Making xml valid

khailz — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 08:08:04 GMT

Thanks for your response.

Actually what i am trying to do is modify one of the word cloud scripts from the splunk examples (tag cloud with tokens) . I been trying to modify or change the query line to pick up my customized query. But it always prompts back for invalid xml.

Re: Making xml valid

jplumsdaine22 — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 09:59:36 GMT

Can you post the full xml ?

Re: Making xml valid

khailz — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 14:30:55 GMT

Hi below is the code snippet.

XML

 <search id="tagcloud_search1">
        <query>index=_internal source=sourcetype = a NOT (is OR you OR the OR chinese)' title="*" | eval words=split(title," ") | stats count words""}</query>
    </search>
    <row>
        <panel>
            <html>
                <h2>Pipeline</h2>
                <div id="tagcloud1"
                     class="splunk-view"
                     data-require="app/social/components/tagcloud/tagcloud"
                     data-options='{
                        "minFontSize": 14,
                        "maxFontSize": 55,
                        "managerid": "tagcloud_search1",
                        "valueField": "count",
                        "labelField": "words"
                     }'>
                </div>
            </html>
        </panel>

*autodiscovery.js*

    require.config({
        paths: {
            "app": "../app"
        }
    });
    require(['splunkjs/mvc/simplexml/ready!'], function(){
        require(['splunkjs/ready!'], function(){
            // The splunkjs/ready loader script will automatically instantiate all elements
            // declared in the dashboard's HTML.
        });
    });

Re: Making xml valid

jplumsdaine22 — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 17:28:48 GMT

The xml should look like so (row should be inside search)

<search id="tagcloud_search1">
     <query>index=_internal source=sourcetype = a NOT (is OR you OR the OR chinese)' title="*" | eval words=split(title," ") | stats count words""}</query>
 <row>
     <panel>
         <html>
             <h2>Pipeline</h2>
             <div id="tagcloud1"
                  class="splunk-view"
                  data-require="app/social/components/tagcloud/tagcloud"
                  data-options='{
                     "minFontSize": 14,
                     "maxFontSize": 55,
                     "managerid": "tagcloud_search1",
                     "valueField": "count",
                     "labelField": "words"
                  }'>
             </div>
         </html>
     </panel>
    </row>
  </search>

Re: Making xml valid

khailz — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 13:41:40 GMT

Sorry took so long to reply. I did encounter another error after trying "Premature end of data in tag form line 1"

im not entire sure what it means.

Re: Making xml valid

jplumsdaine22 — Tue, 16 Feb 2016 15:57:45 GMT

If you pasted in the xml I posted exactly you will not have encountered an error. Premature end probably means you have an un nested element. Do you have something like this?

<search>
</search>
<row>
</row>

That will throw the premature error. Instead your xml should look like this:

<search>
    <row>
    </row>
</search>

Re: Making xml valid

khailz — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 14:58:18 GMT

yes yes. i did modify the xml. ive copied exactly. it prompted this error now "should not combine visualizations and panels."

Re: Making xml valid

khailz — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 18:48:59 GMT

Thx. after toying with it again. I noticed where i did wrong. Having the code within the same row.