Alerts in version 4?

[MikeKulls]

I've been asked to trigger a script when certain messages are received in splunk. Alerts appear to do exactly what I need. Unfortunately we are using v4.35 of splunk and this appears to be a version 5 feature. Can someone tell me if that is correct and if there is any way to do something similar in v4?

Thanks in advance,
Michael

[Lowell · Accepted solution]

This does not require 5.0, and you do not need the RunSavedSearch app. This functionality has been built-in since before I started using splunk in version 3.x.

Here are the docs for your version:
http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/4.3.5/admin/Configurescriptedalerts

[MikeKulls]

Thanks for the reply. When I click the create dropdown button I don't get the option to create an alert. I'm gathering that means it has been locked down by an administrator?