Dynamically display panel based on role

[tdiestel]

Hi All;

Is it possible to dynamically display an entire Panel on a dashboard based on the user/role?

If so, what's the simplest way to approach this?

Thanks,
Tyler

[masonmorales]

Sort of. Assuming that the data for your dashboard panels all reside in the same index, I would recommend moving your restricted panel search to a private scheduled search that writes to a summary index. Then, you could restrict which roles could read the summary index (which is holding the results from your scheduled search). Since your restricted dashboard panel would be searching the summary index, users that aren't part of a role that has access to it wouldn't be able to see the results for that panel.

[masonmorales]

Your other option would be to create two versions of the dashboard (one with the restricted panel, one without it), and set role-based permissions on the two views. But, who wants to maintain two versions of a dashboard? 😉

[masonmorales]

Resources for summary indexing:
http://wiki.splunk.com/Community:Summary_Indexing
http://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAACZW
http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.2.3/Knowledge/Usesummaryindexing
http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.2.3/Knowledge/Configuresummaryindexes