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External HTML links

Ant1D
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Hey,

I would like to add some buttons or links to the viewHeader section of a view so that when clicked, a new window is opened that displays an external web page (e.g. google.com)

Can this be done?

Thanks in advance for your help.

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Ant1D
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Here's an example solution to add some buttons to a view that can be used to display external web pages in a new window when clicked:

Create a .html file (e.g. mybuttons.html) in the following directory:
$SPLUNK_HOME$/etc/apps/$your_app$/appserver/static

Add the following code to your html file:
<div class="YourButtons">
<button type="button" onclick="window.open('http://www.google.com')">Google</button>
<button type="button" onclick="window.open('http://www.yahoo.com')">Yahoo</button>
</div>

To get these buttons displayed in your choosen view (e.g. yourview.xml), go into yourview.xml and add the following module:

<module name="ServerSideInclude" layoutPanel="viewHeader">
<param name="src">mybuttons.html</param>
</module>

This example assumes that you are using Advanced XML.

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Ant1D
Motivator

Here's an example solution to add some buttons to a view that can be used to display external web pages in a new window when clicked:

Create a .html file (e.g. mybuttons.html) in the following directory:
$SPLUNK_HOME$/etc/apps/$your_app$/appserver/static

Add the following code to your html file:
<div class="YourButtons">
<button type="button" onclick="window.open('http://www.google.com')">Google</button>
<button type="button" onclick="window.open('http://www.yahoo.com')">Yahoo</button>
</div>

To get these buttons displayed in your choosen view (e.g. yourview.xml), go into yourview.xml and add the following module:

<module name="ServerSideInclude" layoutPanel="viewHeader">
<param name="src">mybuttons.html</param>
</module>

This example assumes that you are using Advanced XML.

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