Is there a way to have user1 when they login go to dashboard1 and user2 go to dashboard2?

[dbcase]

Hi,

I'm trying to find a way to have a given user when they login go to a given dashboard (and only be allowed to view the dashboard, not go anywhere else). This wouldn't be a default dashboard as I would need other users to go to other dashboards when they login.

I'm using Splunk Cloud by the way....

Thanks!

[ktugwell_splunk]

Hey dbcase,

There's lots of ways you can control permissions to various objects, apps, views etc in Splunk.

Here's a way you could do it:

-Create App1 and App2
-Create User1, set App1 as default app(ensuring the dashboard you want User1 to see lives inside App1)
-Create User2, set App2 as default app(ensuring the dashboard you want User2 to see lives inside App2)
-Goto Manage Apps, find App1 and click View Objects > default
You'll have something that looks like this:

<nav search_view="search" color="#65A637">
  <view name="search" default="true" />
  <view name="pivot" />
  <view name="reports" />
  <view name="alerts" />
  <view name="dashboards" />
</nav>

Change it to this:

<nav search_view="search" color="#65A637">
  <view name="search" />
  <view name="pivot" />
  <view name="reports" />
  <view name="alerts" />
  <view name="dashboards" />
  <view name="the_name_of_user1s_dashboard" default="true" />
</nav>

Do the same for App2

Now, when they login, they will go straight to the dashboard you want them to. (Tip: You can also change the color of the app here)

Here's a link to how you can configure their access, too!

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Security/Aboutusersandroles

Hope this helps

[dbcase]

For reference here is the entire Default XML

[dbcase]

<> omitted

nav search_view="search" color="#65A637"
view name="search" 
  view name="pivot" 
  view name="reports" 
  view name="alerts" 
  view name="dashboards" 
  view name="touchscreen" default="true" 

nav

[dbcase]

I keep getting page not found errors when I add

into the default Nav section. I've also tried and got the same results.

As soon as I remove the the login works but the dashboard doesn't appear as the initial screen.

Any thoughts?

[dbcase]

Ah! Sounds easy enough. What if I have an existing dashboard that I'd like to use?

[dbcase]

Thanks Ktugwell! Using Splunk Cloud, how would I get a dashboard to be part of an app?

[ktugwell_splunk]

All you need to do is created the dashboard within the context of your app. App name > dashboards > create new dashboard.