topic Re: Dashboard Studio | How do I encode inputs into the URL of a dashboard? in Dashboards & Visualizations

Dashboard Studio | How do I encode inputs into the URL of a dashboard?

jprior — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 18:07:00 GMT

When the page gets reloaded for my Dashboard Studio dashboard all of the inputs get reset. I have to enter all the inputs again which is disruptive to my workflow.

This is particularlly annoying in two use cases:

1. When I reboot my machine chrome remembers my tabs but it causes the page to reload. So after a reboot I have to enter all the inputs again.

2. When the SSO times out at my company it causes a login page to load, then after auth it navigates back to the dashboard. This is annoying because it can happen any time of the day.

Is there a solution for this? Can I encode the input values into the URL for the dashboard so it will automatically load with the correct values even if the page is reloaded?

Here is the source for my inputs

{
    "type": "input.timerange",
    "options": {
        "token": "global_time",
        "defaultValue": "-24h@h,now"
    },
    "title": "Time Range"
}

{
    "options": {
        "items": [
            {
                "label": "All",
                "value": "US, CA, GB"
            },
            {
                "label": "US",
                "value": "US"
            },
            {
                "label": "CA",
                "value": "CA"
            },
            {
                "label": "GB",
                "value": "GB"
            }
        ],
        "defaultValue": "US, CA, GB",
        "token": "selectedRegion"
    },
    "title": "Region",
    "type": "input.dropdown"
}

{
    "options": {
        "items": [
            {
                "label": "Unique Companies",
                "value": "realms"
            },
            {
                "label": "Percentage of Total Traffic",
                "value": "percentage"
            }
        ],
        "defaultValue": "realms",
        "token": "selectedMode"
    },
    "title": "Mode",
    "type": "input.dropdown"
}

Re: Dashboard Studio | How do I encode inputs into the URL of a dashboard?

ITWhisperer — Wed, 02 Aug 2023 18:11:48 GMT

You can define initial values as well as default values (at least you can in Classic dashboards) - the other way is to pass them as parameter on the URL e.g. &form.input1=abc

Re: Dashboard Studio | How do I encode inputs into the URL of a dashboard?

jprior — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 23:57:13 GMT

What would be the specific encoding to pass the options on the URL for my case? Let's say I want to set the Region selector to "GB"?

For that select here is the critical information:

Title: Region
Token Name: selectedRegion
Input ID: input_npJ29MjX

None of these random guesses worked for me:

?form.Region=GB
?form.selectedRegion=GB
?form.input_npJ29MjX=GB
?form.input_npJ29MjX.value=GB
?form.input_npJ29MjX.selected=GB
?Region=GB
?selectedRegion=GB
?input_npJ29MjX=GB
?input_npJ29MjX.value=GB
?input_npJ29MjX.selected=GB
?form.Region="GB"
?form.selectedRegion="GB"
?form.input_npJ29MjX="GB"
?form.input_npJ29MjX.value="GB"
?form.input_npJ29MjX.selected="GB"
?Region="GB"
?selectedRegion="GB"
?input_npJ29MjX="GB"
?input_npJ29MjX.value="GB"
?input_npJ29MjX.selected="GB"
?form.Region=3
?form.selectedRegion=3
?form.input_npJ29MjX=3
?form.input_npJ29MjX.value=3
?form.input_npJ29MjX.selected=3
?Region=3
?selectedRegion=3
?input_npJ29MjX=3
?input_npJ29MjX.value=3
?input_npJ29MjX.selected=3

Re: Dashboard Studio | How do I encode inputs into the URL of a dashboard?

ITWhisperer — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 06:56:11 GMT

This works for me

?form.selectedRegion=GB

Which version of Splunk are you using?

Re: Dashboard Studio | How do I encode inputs into the URL of a dashboard?

jprior — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 17:41:28 GMT

Does that work for you on a Dashboard Studio dashboard?

We have version 8.2.7.

Re: Dashboard Studio | How do I encode inputs into the URL of a dashboard?

ITWhisperer — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 18:34:41 GMT

Yes, Dashboard Studio but I am on 9.1.0.1