topic Re: Classic Dashboard HTML Link with Tokens in Dashboards & Visualizations

Classic Dashboard HTML Link with Tokens

lcguilfoil — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 14:12:52 GMT

I have a Classic Dashboard where I have an HTML panel. I am trying to link to another dashboard with tokens that the user can select via multiselects. However, it isn't working. This is my HTML panel:

<row> <panel> <html><div> <a target="_blank" href=/app/app/operating_system?form.case_token=$case_token$&form.host_name=$host_name$">Operating System Artifacts</a> </div></html> </panel> </row>

Re: Classic Dashboard HTML Link with Tokens

lcguilfoil — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 14:14:07 GMT

I made a typo in my post, so here is the actual version. Thank you in advance for your help!

<row> <panel> <html><div> <a target="_blank" href="/app/app/operating_system?form.case_token=$case_token$&form.host_name=$host_name$">Operating System Artifacts</a> </div></html> </panel> </row>

Re: Classic Dashboard HTML Link with Tokens

ITWhisperer — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:02:12 GMT

Please provide more information - what do you mean by "not working"? What does the rest of your dashboard look like? What does your target dashboard look like?

I have not been able to reproduce the issue from the limited information you have provided, however, I have created a dashboard with tokens making up a link in an HTML panel which does work.

Re: Classic Dashboard HTML Link with Tokens

lcguilfoil — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:19:48 GMT

Here is the initial dashboard:

<form version="1.1" theme="dark"> <label>Case Overview</label> <fieldset submitButton="false" autoRun="true"> <input type="dropdown" token="case_token" searchWhenChanged="true"> <label>Case Selector</label> <prefix>index=virtuoso_</prefix> <suffix>*</suffix> <fieldForLabel>case</fieldForLabel> <fieldForValue>case</fieldForValue> <search> <query>| tstats count where index=index_* by index | rex field=index "\_(?<case>.*?)\_" | dedup case | table case</query> <earliest>0</earliest> <latest></latest> </search> </input> <input type="time" token="global_time"> <label>Global Time Range</label> <default> <earliest>0</earliest> <latest></latest> </default> </input> <input type="dropdown" token="host_token" searchWhenChanged="true"> <label>Host</label> <fieldForLabel>host</fieldForLabel> <fieldForValue>host</fieldForValue> <search> <query>| tstats count where $case_token$ by host | table host</query> <earliest>0</earliest> <latest></latest> </search> </input> </fieldset> <row> <panel> <html><div> <a target="_blank" href="/app/app/operating_system_artifacts?case_token=$case_token$&host_name=$host_name$"><h1>Operating System Artifacts</h1></a> </div></html> </panel> </row> </form>

Here is the connecting dashboard:

<dashboard version="1.1" theme="dark"> <label>Operating System Artifacts</label> <row> <panel> <html encoded="1"><h1>Prefetch</h1></html> </panel> </row> <row> <panel> <table> <title>Prefetch Files</title> <search> <query>$case_token$ host=$host_token$ | table ApplicationPath, LastRun, TimesRan</query> <earliest>$global_time.earliest$</earliest> <latest>$global_time.latest$</latest> </search> <option name="count">10</option> <option name="drilldown">none</option> <option name="refresh.display">progressbar</option> <format type="color" field="ApplicationPath"> <colorPalette type="sharedList"></colorPalette> <scale type="sharedCategory"></scale> </format> </table> </panel> </row> </dashboard>

Re: Classic Dashboard HTML Link with Tokens

lcguilfoil — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:22:44 GMT

It brings me to the next dashboard, but the tokens aren't set.

Re: Classic Dashboard HTML Link with Tokens

ITWhisperer — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:02:47 GMT

You can't set tokens like this, they should be tokens from an input. Try something like this

<a target="_blank" href="/app/app/operating_system_artifacts?form.case_token=$case_token$&form.host_name=$host_name$"><h1>Operating System Artifacts</h1></a>

And convert your target dashboard to a form and add a couple of hidden text inputs

<row> <panel> <input type="text" token="case_token" depends="$alwaysHide$"></input> <input type="text" token="host_name" depends="$alwaysHide$"></input> <html encoded="1"><h1>Prefetch</h1></html> </panel> </row>

Re: Classic Dashboard HTML Link with Tokens

lcguilfoil — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:11:06 GMT

I did this, but it still doesn't work. When I click on the link, this is the URL that flashes:

/apps/apps/operating_system_artifacts?form.case_token=index=index_burns*&form.host_name=$host_name$

Then, immediately after, it changes to:

/apps/apps/operating_system_artifacts?form.case_token=index&form.host_name=%24host_name%24

Do you think the issue could be how the multi-select token works?

Re: Classic Dashboard HTML Link with Tokens

ITWhisperer — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:22:25 GMT

You aren't using multi-selects, you are using dropdowns, these are different types of inputs. Anyway, that probably isn't your issue. Try encoding the tokens for use in an URL (with the |u modifier)

<a target="_blank" href="/app/app/operating_system_artifacts?case_token=$case_token|u$&host_name=$host_name|u$"><h1>Operating System Artifacts</h1></a>

Re: Classic Dashboard HTML Link with Tokens

lcguilfoil — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 16:31:46 GMT

Perfect, that worked for the URL and setting the tokens. However, the search on the second dashboard (operating system), still says "Search is waiting for input..."

Re: Classic Dashboard HTML Link with Tokens

ITWhisperer — Wed, 19 Mar 2025 18:15:01 GMT

Your second dashboard doesn't have a global_time input - probably waiting for that to be set?