Dashboards & Visualizations

Help required with Simple XML DrillDown

ppurokit
Path Finder

Hi All,

I have the following search query as a drilldown as part of the Simple XML Dashboard.

<drilldown>   <link>
    /app/cms-fortiweb/flashtimeline?q=`fortiweb_attack` earliest=-30d@d latest=now  | search policy="$row.Policy Violations"   </link> </drilldown>

I have the same drilldown added for two panels. One panel has the visualization as Table and other other as Pie chart.

So when i click on the Table to drilldown from my Dashboard, the drill down works fine by substituting the row value.

But the same does not work when i try to drilldown from a PIE Chart.

What could be the mistake here. Please provide your thoughts on this.

0 Karma

nfilippi_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

If you are running Splunk 6.1+, here is a simple tool to help display the available click information available on drilldown. This test tool attempts to set any/all applicable click information as tokens, and then uses an html element to render the token values.

<form>
  <label>Drilldown Tester</label>
  <description/>
  <fieldset submitButton="false">
    <input type="time" token="field1">
      <label/>
      <default>
        <earliestTime>-60m@m</earliestTime>
        <latestTime>now</latestTime>
      </default>
    </input>
  </fieldset>
  <row>
    <panel>
      <chart>
        <searchString>index=_internal | timechart count by sourcetype</searchString>
        <earliestTime>$field1.earliest$</earliestTime>
        <latestTime>$field1.latest$</latestTime>
        <option name="charting.drilldown">all</option>
        <drilldown>
          <set token="chart1.click.name">$click.name$</set>
          <set token="chart1.click.name2">$click.name2$</set>
          <set token="chart1.click.value">$click.value$</set>
          <set token="chart1.click.value2">$click.value2$</set>
          <set token="chart1.row.sourcetype">$row.sourcetype$</set>
          <set token="chart1.earliest">$earliest$</set>
          <set token="chart1.latest">$latest$</set>
        </drilldown>
      </chart>
      <html>
      <ul>
        <li>
            <code>click.name: $chart1.click.name$</code>
          </li>
        <li>
            <code>click.name2: $chart1.click.name2$</code>
          </li>
        <li>
            <code>click.value: $chart1.click.value|s$</code>
          </li>
        <li>
            <code>click.value2: $chart1.click.value2|s$</code>
          </li>
        <li>
            <code>row.sourcetype = $chart1.row.sourcetype$</code>
          </li>
        <li>
            <code>Timerange: $chart1.earliest$ - $chart1.latest$</code>
          </li>
      </ul>
    </html>
    </panel>
  </row>
</form>

alt text

ppurokit
Path Finder

Hi,

Im making use of Splunk 5.0.4 . So i dont think that i can make use of the item which you have suggested above 😞

0 Karma
Got questions? Get answers!

Join the Splunk Community Slack to learn, troubleshoot, and make connections with fellow Splunk practitioners in real time!

Meet up IRL or virtually!

Join Splunk User Groups to connect and learn in-person by region or remotely by topic or industry.

Get Updates on the Splunk Community!

[Puzzles] Solve, Learn, Repeat: Matching cron expressions

This puzzle (first published here) is based on matching timestamps to cron expressions.All the timestamps ...

Design, Compete, Win: Submit Your Best Splunk Dashboards for a .conf26 Pass

Hello Splunkers,  We’re excited to kick off a Splunk Dashboard contest! We know that dashboards are a primary ...

May 2026 Splunk Expert Sessions: Security & Observability

Level Up Your Operations: May 2026 Splunk Expert Sessions Whether you are refining your security posture or ...