How to hide a dashboard panel when there are no results displayed?

[smuppava]

I would like to hide the panel of the dashboard when there are no results displayed. When I incorporate the piece of code from Splunk Answers into my dashboard, the entire panel is hidden although when there are results displayed. I ONLY want my panel to be hidden when there are absolutely no results displayed. Please provide your inputs.

Thx for your help,
Sirisha M

[skoelpin · Accepted solution]

This is untested but should work

<panel depends="$hide_panel$">
       <chart>
         <search>
           <query>sourcetype=*</query>
           <progress>
             <condition match="'job.resultCount' == 0">
               <unset token="hide_panel"></unset>
             </condition>
             <condition>
               <set token="hide_panel">true</set>
             </condition>
           </progress>
         </search>
       </chart>
     </panel>

[vince_iw]

works for me, thanks. should the token be named the other way around though? ie $show_panel$

[smuppava]

Thx a bunch for your help. This worked finally for me!

[smuppava]

Also, can you please help with the below as well?

How do I hide the panel when there are multiple columns in which time is one of them. By default time is being populated and the other columns display no data.

In this specific scenario where time, peakthreadcount, totalstartthreadcount columns are displayed within the search results, ONLY time is been populated with data and rest of the two columns display no data data at all. I would like to hide the panel ONLY when time is been populated and rest of the columns display no data.

How can this be accomplished?

Thx in advance

[smuppava]

Also, how do I hide the panel when the search displays "no results found". Currently, the search text "no results found" is displayed on the panel. How do I hide the panel in this scenario?

[skoelpin]

Great! Can you accept this answer?

[smuppava]

The blog given below doesn't specify the xml code although it does display the html version of it. Are you able to provide the xml code on how to hide the dashboard panels when the search results displays no results.

[skoelpin]

You can do this via SimpleXML.. Check out this blog

http://blogs.splunk.com/2013/11/14/showhide-a-dashboard-panel-based-on-a-search-results/