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How to find out the index and sourcetype for AWS App dashboards?

vrmandadi
Builder

How to find out the indexes ans sourcetypes of the default dashboards in Splunk app for AWS .Most of the panels use the below macro

`aws-description-resource( (aws_account_id="*") ,  (region="*") , "ec2_instances")`  

But I am not able to figure out the index and sourcetype for it.

1 Solution

skoelpin
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Assuming your running > v6.5, you can expand the macro by pressing ctrl + shift + e

If you're running an earlier version you can look in the job inspector or go to Settings > Advanced Search > Macros to find your macro

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skoelpin
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Assuming your running > v6.5, you can expand the macro by pressing ctrl + shift + e

If you're running an earlier version you can look in the job inspector or go to Settings > Advanced Search > Macros to find your macro

vrmandadi
Builder

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