How to restrict a user's role to only view a dashboard and prevent them from running searches?

[sympatiko]

Hi,

Good day splunkers! Is there a way to restrict a user or set a role wherein if the user logs in, they can only see the dashboard?

Thanks,

[somesoni2]

Try these steps:

 1. Create a read-only-user role and assign it to that specific user.
 2. For the dashboard this user needs access, provide Read access to the read-only-user role.
 3. For 'search' dashboard under Splunk's search app, Update the permission from "Everyone Read" to "Read to Everyone except read-only-user"

[splunkreal]

GREAT!!!

In fact we need to go User interface or all configurations/Views/Search => permissions and disable read on the read-only role.

Thanks!!!

[sympatiko]

Hi,

Thanks for the tips. I already manage to solve =).

[ohignett]

How did you manage to already solve it?

-oLIVER

[googs524]

Hi, any idea how you are able to solve this? I am interested to know about the solution as I have a similar problem. I have a dashboard to run, but I don't want user to run the search.

[splunkreal]

Hi, go to Parameters / All configurations : search => permissions

[ngatchasandra · Accepted solution]

Hi sympatiko,
After creating user, create a role for this user and assign this role only the read permission for dashboard.

Please, create a role for this user before create this user, thus you can assign this role for this user and assign only the read permission for this user role.

[sympatiko]

Hi sandra,

Thanks for the tips. I actually did that one, is there any possibilities that the user can see dashboard but cannot do search?

Thanks,

[ngatchasandra]

Yes, only edit the user role that you have created and under the Capabilities, don't select search in the capabilities list that your role user can have and save.

[sympatiko]

Thank you. Do you think is there a way to disable the scrolling bar on the splunk screen?

[ngatchasandra]

Horizontal (when is occur) bar or vertical bar or both? .

[sympatiko]

Hi Sandra, Nevermind that one. I'm more concern about the Capabilities of a user, I tested it but it looks like the search capability is required in order to view the dashboard.

[ngatchasandra]

For me, if you don't want that user cannot search, either:

• under Indexes, don't select no index, leave input Selected search indexes blank and save. Thus, your user cannot run search.

• create an app for this dashboard and in the default nav four your app, only call the dashboards which user will see like this for example:

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After do this edit your user and give it this app context by default

[sympatiko]

Hi Sandra,

I've followed what you said regarding "under Indexes, don't select no index, leave input Selected search indexes blank and save. Thus, your user cannot run search." . Yes it cannot run search aswell as the dashboard on the use default nav.

Thanks,