Solved: How to make a report panel in a Splunk Dashboard t...

revanthammineni · ‎03-14-2023

Hi Splunkers,

I’m working on a report panel in a dashboard where I need to show the difference of two fields in colors. Any one help me in doing it in a right way using xml?

For example:

Nov Feb

10 5

20 10

30 40

If it’s less in Feb then it should show as green, if not, it should be in red. How can I do this?

can we do this using xml instead of Javascript?

yeahnah · ‎03-14-2023

Hi @revanthammineni

I suggest you create a third column with the difference (Nov - Feb) and then use range colors on this column.

Here's a run anywhere example with dummy generated data

<dashboard>
<label>Column Compare Example</label>
<row>
<panel>
<title>Month totals diff comparison</title>
<table>
<search>
<query>| makeresults
| eval Nov=split("10 20 30 40", " ")
| mvexpand Nov
| eval Feb=case(Nov=10, 5, Nov=20, 10, Nov=30, 40, Nov==40, 40)
,month_diff=(Feb - Nov)
| table _time Nov Feb month_diff</query>
<earliest>-15m</earliest>
<latest>now</latest>
<sampleRatio>1</sampleRatio>
</search>
<option name="count">100</option>
<option name="dataOverlayMode">none</option>
<option name="drilldown">none</option>
<option name="percentagesRow">false</option>
<option name="rowNumbers">true</option>
<option name="totalsRow">false</option>
<option name="wrap">true</option>
<format type="color" field="diff">
<colorPalette type="list">[#DC4E41,#006D9C,#53A051]</colorPalette>
<scale type="threshold">0,0.5</scale>
</format>
<format type="color" field="month_diff">
<colorPalette type="list">[#DC4E41,#006D9C,#53A051]</colorPalette>
<scale type="threshold">-0.5,0.5</scale>
</format>
</table>
</panel>
</row>
</dashboard>

Hope that helps

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jlit259 · ‎03-14-2023

Yeah, nah @yeahnah has the answer. Create a third column with the diff, then edit the color and ranges to your needs

You probably already know setting the colors/values, but just in case

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Viz/TableFormatsFormatting

bowesmana · ‎03-14-2023

You can do it without a third column in XML with a tiny bit of CSS. The CSS here will cause the second value of the multivalue field of Feb to be hidden, but the colorPalette expression can still use that field.

<dashboard>
  <label>Column Compare Example</label>
  <row>
    <panel>
      <title>Month totals diff comparison</title>
      <html depends="$hidden$">
        <style>
          #coloured_cell table tbody td div.multivalue-subcell[data-mv-index="1"]{
            display: none;
          }
        </style>
      </html>
      <table id="coloured_cell">
        <search>
          <query>
| makeresults
 | eval _raw="Nov       Feb
10           5
20          10
30          40"
| multikv forceheader=1
| table Nov Feb
| eval Comparison=if(Feb &lt; Nov,-1, 1)
| eval Feb=mvappend(Feb, Comparison)
| fields - Comparison
          </query>
          <earliest>-15m</earliest>
          <latest>now</latest>
          <sampleRatio>1</sampleRatio>
        </search>
        <option name="count">100</option>
        <option name="dataOverlayMode">none</option>
        <option name="drilldown">none</option>
        <option name="percentagesRow">false</option>
        <option name="rowNumbers">false</option>
        <option name="totalsRow">false</option>
        <option name="wrap">true</option>
        <format type="color" field="Feb">
          <colorPalette type="expression">if(mvindex(value, 1) == "-1", "#008000", "#FF0000")</colorPalette>
        </format>
      </table>
    </panel>
  </row>
</dashboard>

There is a good generic example from @ITWhisperer here

https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/How-to-color-the-columns-based-on-previous-column-valu...

yeahnah · ‎03-14-2023

Hi @revanthammineni

I suggest you create a third column with the difference (Nov - Feb) and then use range colors on this column.

Here's a run anywhere example with dummy generated data

<dashboard>
<label>Column Compare Example</label>
<row>
<panel>
<title>Month totals diff comparison</title>
<table>
<search>
<query>| makeresults
| eval Nov=split("10 20 30 40", " ")
| mvexpand Nov
| eval Feb=case(Nov=10, 5, Nov=20, 10, Nov=30, 40, Nov==40, 40)
,month_diff=(Feb - Nov)
| table _time Nov Feb month_diff</query>
<earliest>-15m</earliest>
<latest>now</latest>
<sampleRatio>1</sampleRatio>
</search>
<option name="count">100</option>
<option name="dataOverlayMode">none</option>
<option name="drilldown">none</option>
<option name="percentagesRow">false</option>
<option name="rowNumbers">true</option>
<option name="totalsRow">false</option>
<option name="wrap">true</option>
<format type="color" field="diff">
<colorPalette type="list">[#DC4E41,#006D9C,#53A051]</colorPalette>
<scale type="threshold">0,0.5</scale>
</format>
<format type="color" field="month_diff">
<colorPalette type="list">[#DC4E41,#006D9C,#53A051]</colorPalette>
<scale type="threshold">-0.5,0.5</scale>
</format>
</table>
</panel>
</row>
</dashboard>

Hope that helps

revanthammineni · ‎03-15-2023

Thanks man!! It worked

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