Script Output to Dashboard View

[steve]

Is it possible to display the output of a script in a dashboard view? I would like to insert data from an external system into a view and control the format of the output.

[MHibbin]

Can you provide some more details... Is the script to be run by Splunk? Is the script in question generating the output already? How would you like to control the output?

If the script is external and is output results (e.g. via STDOUT/STDERR), then you should easily be able to re-direct this to file and have Splunk monitor this file, via the standard inputs.

If the script is to be run by Splunk (e.g. as scripted input), Splunk will index the STDOUT by default. You could also have your script write to file so that you can capture STDOUT and STDERR, and having a rolling log. You can apply this to have a script run by Splunk which will manipulate data that has already been generated by another process.

If you wish to add value/manipulate data that is already in Splunk, you can use custom scripted commands, which run a python/perl script to meet your needs.

Hope this is of use to you.

[MHibbin]

I've not really used the Sideviews app, I have re-tagged this question, so it might get picked up by the @sideview user, or someone in the "know". 🙂 sorry I couldn't help anymore.

[steve]

Thanks for you reply MHibbin, it helped me focus my Answers search and I think I found a pointer in the right direction:

http://splunk-base.splunk.com/answers/31443/adding-random-html-to-splunk-view

Looks like I need to have Splunk call the script and dump the output into a view that uses the SideView Utils HTML module. I will dig into that and post back if I get it working.

Thanks again!

[steve]

The script would be run by Splunk. It is currently generating html output (includes images / tables / graphs). I would like to pull this into a view along side other views containing data from Splunk to create a single interface and retain the search capability of Splunk.