Can you use token values in HTML module for dashboards?

[feickertmd]

I have heard that the HTML module would render token values. I can find nothing on how to do it. I tried this:

<h1>I KNOW WHO YOU ARE $Area$</h1>
</html>

What I get is this:

I KNOW WHO YOU ARE $Area$

[feickertmd]

Okay, that explains it. We have 6.12

[guilmxm · Accepted solution]

Hi, yes you can use tokens in HTML views, quite easily.

For example, a view that would contain

<h1>My custom token is $foo$</h2>

Called with an uri like:

my_simple_xml_view?foo=bar

Will replace the token by the substitute value.

NB: In 6.1.x version, a bug has affected token substitution in href html, token were not substituted by expected values
This has been corrected in 6.2 (a workaround was to convert the view in html)

[guilmxm]

For 6.1.x token html issue reference:

http://answers.splunk.com/answers/112509/simple-xml-token-not-substituted-within-href-attribute.html

[Raghav2384]

Sideview Utils! Has ton of examples to achieve what you're looking for

[feickertmd]

Is it 6.x compatible? The app page says 5.0

[Raghav2384]

App might not, but the examples will give you an idea on how to reference.

[somesoni2]

Do you have the token defined?

[feickertmd]

Yes, its is defined in the code I posted

[tom_frotscher]

In the code you posted is no definition of the token.

<h1>I KNOW WHO YOU ARE $Area$</h1> </html>

It just asks for the token $Area$ and substitude by whatever is in this token. But you must have defined it before. For example by a text input, a dropdown list or a drilldown.
Can you use the token in an other situation? For example in the title of a panel or in a drilldown search.

[feickertmd]

How weird, my glob of code has disappeared! Yes, I have it defined in a previous piece of code.