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Custom Javascript throw exception: "Splunk is not defined"

barakakha
New Member

I'm trying to add custom Javascript to my simple XML dashboard (as explained here) but when it start running it throw an exception "Splunk is not defined".

This is my js code with some modification to find why its not running:

try{
    if( Splunk.Module.SimpleResultsTable ){
    Splunk.Module.SimpleResultsTable = $.klass(Splunk.Module.SimpleResultsTable, {
        renderResults: function($super, htmlFragment) {
            $super(htmlFragment);

            if (this.getInferredEntityName()=="events") {
                this.renderedCount = $("tr", this.container).length - 1;
            }

            $('#highlight td').each(function() {
                $(this).attr("data-value",$(this).html().trim());
            });
        }
    });
 }
}
catch(err){
    alert(err.message);
}

what am i doing wrong?

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jeffland
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Your javascript file needs to load some dependencies. Right now, you are telling the browser to out of the blue use an object called "Splunk", but you didn't tell it where to find that object. Have a look here at the third gray box to see that your .js needs to have roughly the following format:

require([
"splunkjs/ready!",
"splunkjs/mvc/chartview"
], function(mvc) {
    var Chart = require("splunkjs/mvc/chartview"); // otherwise "Chart" would be undefined etc.
    // further js goes here
});

The splunkjs/ready! is needed to use Splunk in your js code I believe, so placing the code you currently have where the comment indicates should do the trick for you, at least as far as the error you currently have is concerned.

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jeffland
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Your javascript file needs to load some dependencies. Right now, you are telling the browser to out of the blue use an object called "Splunk", but you didn't tell it where to find that object. Have a look here at the third gray box to see that your .js needs to have roughly the following format:

require([
"splunkjs/ready!",
"splunkjs/mvc/chartview"
], function(mvc) {
    var Chart = require("splunkjs/mvc/chartview"); // otherwise "Chart" would be undefined etc.
    // further js goes here
});

The splunkjs/ready! is needed to use Splunk in your js code I believe, so placing the code you currently have where the comment indicates should do the trick for you, at least as far as the error you currently have is concerned.

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barakakha
New Member

Thank you!! that was it..

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acharlieh
Influencer

As explained where? Did you intend to include a link?

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barakakha
New Member
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