Dashboards & Visualizations

How do I use HTML on multiple panels?

danielbb
Motivator

I want to use HTML on multiple panels in order to create a custom layout of my Splunk Dashboard. I want to use this layout where each rectangle is a panel -

dashboard_layout.png
Please advise. Is this possible to implement in a Splunk Dashboard?

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ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

This is easy to do in Dashboard Studio. Either use absolute or grid layouts.

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tscroggins
Champion

Hi @danielbb,

As an alternative in Simple XML, you can stack visualizations vertically by including more than one visualization in a panel:

 

<row>
  <!-- first row -->
  <panel>
  </panel>
</row>
<row>
  <panel>
    <!-- second row, first column -->
  </panel>
  <panel>
    <chart>
      <!-- second row, second column, first row -->
    </chart>
    <chart>
      <!-- second row, second column, second row -->
    </chart>
    <chart>
      <!-- second row, second column, third row -->
    </chart>
  </panel
</row>

 

Some visualizations may require an empty spacer, e.g. an <html/> section, to defeat the auto-layout code. Here's an extended example using an inverse normal macro (not shown) to generate a bit of random data:

 

<dashboard version="1.1" theme="light">
  <label>danielbb_layout</label>
  <search id="base">
    <query>| gentimes start=11/29/2024:00:00:00 end=11/30/2024:00:00:00 increment=1m 
| eval _time=starttime 
| fields + _time 
| sort 0 - _time 
| eval x=`norminv("`rand()`*(0.9999999999999999-0.0000000000000001)+0.0000000000000001", 1.3, 10)`</query>
  </search>
  <search id="stats" base="base">
    <query>| stats avg(x) as u stdev(x) as s</query>
  </search>
  <row>
    <panel>
      <html>
        <h1>Some Random Data</h1>
      </html>
    </panel>
  </row>
  <row>
    <panel>
      <chart>
        <title>Histogram</title>
        <search base="base">
          <query>| chart count over x span=0.5</query>
        </search>
        <option name="charting.legend.placement">none</option>
        <option name="height">600</option>
      </chart>
    </panel>
    <panel>
      <chart>
        <title>Samples</title>
        <search base="base"></search>
        <option name="charting.legend.placement">none</option>
      </chart>
      <single>
        <title>Mean</title>
        <search base="stats">
          <query>| fields u</query>
        </search>
        <option name="numberPrecision">0.000</option>
      </single>
      <html/>
      <single>
        <title>Standard Deviation</title>
        <search base="stats">
          <query>| fields s</query>
        </search>
        <option name="numberPrecision">0.000</option>
      </single>
    </panel>
  </row>
</dashboard>

 

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dural_yyz
Motivator

Awesome information - thank you for demo and tips.

dural_yyz
Motivator

Classic XML dashboards wont let you extend multiple rows.

ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

This is easy to do in Dashboard Studio. Either use absolute or grid layouts.

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