topic Re: After cloning and renaming a dashboard, is there a way to get the original dashboard back? in Dashboards & Visualizations

After cloning and renaming a dashboard, is there a way to get the original dashboard back?

wu_weidong — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 10:10:00 GMT

How do you change the URL of a Splunk dashboard?

I originally had a dashboard named "System". I cloned it and named the new dashboard "System." (note the period at the end). Now, on the dashboard page, both dashboards have the same URL "10.1.1.1/en-US/app/search/system". Clicking on either one brings me to the cloned dashboard.

Is there a way to get the original dashboard back?

Re: After cloning and renaming a dashboard, is there a way to get the original dashboard back?

richgalloway — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 12:51:59 GMT

The original dashboard is still there, it's just unreachable because of the conflicting URLs. Clone the new dashboard again and give it a unique name that has only number, letters, and underscores in it. Delete the "System." dashboard. You should now have access to both.

Re: After cloning and renaming a dashboard, is there a way to get the original dashboard back?

mstjohn_splunk — Wed, 26 Sep 2018 23:09:18 GMT

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Re: After cloning and renaming a dashboard, is there a way to get the original dashboard back?

woodcock — Thu, 27 Sep 2018 09:33:49 GMT

The easiest way is through the CLI on your Search Head, which I assume is Linux. Login as root or splunk and do this:

find /opt/splunk/ -name *system*.xml

Then use mv to rename the file.