How do I set my app's start view to be the dashboard?

[_dave_b]

Hello, I want to tweak my app so that a dashboard view from the file "MyDashboard.xml" is the default view, and the user won't have to click on "Dashboards->MyDashboard" menu items.

I searched the docs, but they weren't totally clear to me on how to do this.

Thanks for any words of wisdom you can provide!

[ngatchasandra]

Hi _dave_b,

1. Go to *settings->User interface->Navigation menus*and select your app context in dropdown menu.
2. Click on default (Nav name) to open it and add this line code

Finaly, your default it look like this :

<nav search_view="your_app_name" color="#65A637">
  <view name="MyDasboard" default="true" />
  <view name="..." />
  <view name="..." />
 ...
</nav>

With this, your dashboard will display automatically when you launch your app.

[bmacias84]

Take look at this post https://answers.splunk.com/answers/305873/how-to-automatically-deploy-a-dashboard-to-every-s.html#an...

[somesoni2]

This can be done by setting a default view/dashboard for the app. See below link for more details

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.3.3/AdvancedDev/BuildNavigation#Set_a_default_view

[_dave_b]

Ah, those are the docs that confuse me. They list some example xml like
< nav >
< collection label="Ponies" >
< view name="mydashboard" />
< collection >

Yet, in my Splunk-generated xml files, there is no mention of any collection tags. So I am confused. What is this collection tag for and what does it do?

[somesoni2]

The collection tags are used to create sub menus within each menu items, so just ignore that. Have your dashboard that you want to show on app load, added as < view name="mydashboard" default="true" />

[_dave_b]

I added a line that looks like this:

< view name="mydashboard" default='true' />
This gets me closer, but only as far as showing the list of dashboards. It seems like Splunk doesn't recognize "mydashboard" as a view, like it does with "search" or "dashboards". I don't want the user to see the list, I want the user to see the dashboard instantly. I don't want them to go through the trouble of choosing the dashboard.

[kaushikens]

I was struck at the same point you were.  I did below and it worked for me.

1. Copy the dashboard Source Code - Go to your Dashboard, Click on edit and select Source from UI and Source and copy the entire code.

2. Create a new view - Go to Settings, Views - Add new - New View - Paste the source code and give it a name ex: testing

3. Now go to Settings -> User Interface -> filter your app -> click on default 

add line

<view name="testing" default='true' />

[somesoni2]

Oh.. mydashboard should be replaced by the name (name of the dashboard as seen in the URL).

[skoelpin]

Create a new app, place your dashboard in that app

Go to settings>User Control, select the user you want, then go to the second drop down where it says 'Default App' and select that app you just made