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How to set Search as the default app in Splunk?

the_wolverine
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Where does the setting go to set the default app to Search? In previous versions ..

user-prefs.conf:
[general_default]
default_namespace = search

would do it.

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the_wolverine
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As of version 6.x (and 7.x) the setting has been moved to the general stanza in user-prefs.conf:

[general]
default_namespace = search

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the_wolverine
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As of version 6.x (and 7.x) the setting has been moved to the general stanza in user-prefs.conf:

[general]
default_namespace = search

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