Dashboards & Visualizations

6.3.1 populate dropdown with query results?

ramabu
Path Finder

Can anyone post a complete dashboard example, with a dropdown populated by query1, and a pie charting counts based on the dropdown selection? I've been trying for 2 days now to build this - but in vain.

I did find examples, but they were all snippets, and in mixed versions.

I have both searches at hand, both provide correct timely results when performed manually.
1.
query1 is: policyinfo | transaction ip | stats values(policy)
2.
assuming the dropdown selection is in $policyname$, then
query2 is: status=Match policy="$policyname$" | transaction ip | stats count by rule

Thanks
rama

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MuS
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi ramabu,

take this run everywhere dashboard (assuming you have access to index=_internal) and you will get an idea how to do it:

<form>
  <label>Drop down pie</label>
  <fieldset submitButton="false">
    <input type="dropdown" token="field1">
      <label>Please select:</label>
      <search>
        <query>index=_internal | stats count values(sourcetype) AS sourcetypes by sourcetype</query>
        <earliest>@d</earliest>
        <latest>now</latest>
      </search>
      <fieldForLabel>sourcetype</fieldForLabel>
      <fieldForValue>sourcetype</fieldForValue>
      <choice value="*">all</choice>
      <default>*</default>
    </input>
  </fieldset>
  <row>
    <panel>
      <chart>
        <search>
          <query>index=_internal sourcetype=$field1$ | stats count by date_minute</query>
          <earliest>@d</earliest>
          <latest>now</latest>
        </search>
        <option name="wrap">true</option>
        <option name="rowNumbers">false</option>
        <option name="dataOverlayMode">none</option>
        <option name="count">10</option>
        <option name="charting.axisLabelsX.majorLabelStyle.overflowMode">ellipsisNone</option>
        <option name="charting.axisLabelsX.majorLabelStyle.rotation">0</option>
        <option name="charting.axisTitleX.visibility">visible</option>
        <option name="charting.axisTitleY.visibility">visible</option>
        <option name="charting.axisTitleY2.visibility">visible</option>
        <option name="charting.axisX.scale">linear</option>
        <option name="charting.axisY.scale">linear</option>
        <option name="charting.axisY2.enabled">0</option>
        <option name="charting.axisY2.scale">inherit</option>
        <option name="charting.chart">pie</option>
        <option name="charting.chart.bubbleMaximumSize">50</option>
        <option name="charting.chart.bubbleMinimumSize">10</option>
        <option name="charting.chart.bubbleSizeBy">area</option>
        <option name="charting.chart.nullValueMode">gaps</option>
        <option name="charting.chart.showDataLabels">none</option>
        <option name="charting.chart.sliceCollapsingThreshold">0.01</option>
        <option name="charting.chart.stackMode">default</option>
        <option name="charting.chart.style">shiny</option>
        <option name="charting.drilldown">all</option>
        <option name="charting.layout.splitSeries">0</option>
        <option name="charting.layout.splitSeries.allowIndependentYRanges">0</option>
        <option name="charting.legend.labelStyle.overflowMode">ellipsisMiddle</option>
        <option name="charting.legend.placement">right</option>
      </chart>
    </panel>
  </row>
</form>

Hope this helps ...

cheers, MuS

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MuS
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi ramabu,

take this run everywhere dashboard (assuming you have access to index=_internal) and you will get an idea how to do it:

<form>
  <label>Drop down pie</label>
  <fieldset submitButton="false">
    <input type="dropdown" token="field1">
      <label>Please select:</label>
      <search>
        <query>index=_internal | stats count values(sourcetype) AS sourcetypes by sourcetype</query>
        <earliest>@d</earliest>
        <latest>now</latest>
      </search>
      <fieldForLabel>sourcetype</fieldForLabel>
      <fieldForValue>sourcetype</fieldForValue>
      <choice value="*">all</choice>
      <default>*</default>
    </input>
  </fieldset>
  <row>
    <panel>
      <chart>
        <search>
          <query>index=_internal sourcetype=$field1$ | stats count by date_minute</query>
          <earliest>@d</earliest>
          <latest>now</latest>
        </search>
        <option name="wrap">true</option>
        <option name="rowNumbers">false</option>
        <option name="dataOverlayMode">none</option>
        <option name="count">10</option>
        <option name="charting.axisLabelsX.majorLabelStyle.overflowMode">ellipsisNone</option>
        <option name="charting.axisLabelsX.majorLabelStyle.rotation">0</option>
        <option name="charting.axisTitleX.visibility">visible</option>
        <option name="charting.axisTitleY.visibility">visible</option>
        <option name="charting.axisTitleY2.visibility">visible</option>
        <option name="charting.axisX.scale">linear</option>
        <option name="charting.axisY.scale">linear</option>
        <option name="charting.axisY2.enabled">0</option>
        <option name="charting.axisY2.scale">inherit</option>
        <option name="charting.chart">pie</option>
        <option name="charting.chart.bubbleMaximumSize">50</option>
        <option name="charting.chart.bubbleMinimumSize">10</option>
        <option name="charting.chart.bubbleSizeBy">area</option>
        <option name="charting.chart.nullValueMode">gaps</option>
        <option name="charting.chart.showDataLabels">none</option>
        <option name="charting.chart.sliceCollapsingThreshold">0.01</option>
        <option name="charting.chart.stackMode">default</option>
        <option name="charting.chart.style">shiny</option>
        <option name="charting.drilldown">all</option>
        <option name="charting.layout.splitSeries">0</option>
        <option name="charting.layout.splitSeries.allowIndependentYRanges">0</option>
        <option name="charting.legend.labelStyle.overflowMode">ellipsisMiddle</option>
        <option name="charting.legend.placement">right</option>
      </chart>
    </panel>
  </row>
</form>

Hope this helps ...

cheers, MuS

ramabu
Path Finder

Oh, MuS! Thank you very much! that was quick and to the point!

For anyone who may be referencing this --
A.
I could not use the single-column result set I had [policyinfo | transaction ip | stats values(policy)] - had to rephrase it to something like the query in the example.

B.
I had to tweak the time constraints to get this to work in my case.

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MuS
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Nice you got this working now - feel free to accept the answer in this case, thanks 🙂

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