Dashboards & Visualizations

Reset multiselect previous value when token is updated

NewToSplunk1
Explorer

I have a dropdown where I select the event name and that event name value is passed as a token to the variable search. This variable search is a multiselect. One issue that I've noticed is that the multiselect values stay populated when a different event is selected. The search for variable will update the dropdown, though. Is there a way to reset the selected variables when a different event is selected?

I have seen the simple xml versions for this but haven't seen any information on how to do this in dashboard stuido.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

{
    "visualizations": {
        "viz_Visualization": {
            "type": "splunk.line",
            "dataSources": {
                "primary": "ds_mainSearch"
            },
            "options": {
                "overlayFields": [],
                "y": "> primary | frameBySeriesNames($dd2|s$)",
                "y2": "> primary | frameBySeriesNames('')",
                "lineWidth": 3,
                "showLineSmoothing": true,
                "xAxisMaxLabelParts": 2,
                "showRoundedY2AxisLabels": false,
                "x": "> primary | seriesByName('_time')"
            },
            "title": "Visualization",
            "containerOptions": {
                "visibility": {}
            },
            "eventHandlers": [
                {
                    "type": "drilldown.linkToSearch",
                    "options": {
                        "type": "auto",
                        "newTab": false
                    }
                }
            ]
        }
    },
    "dataSources": {
        "ds_dd1": {
            "type": "ds.search",
            "options": {
                "query": "index=index  source=source sourcetype=sourcetype |dedup EventName \n| sort str(EventName)"
            },
            "name": "dd1Search"
        },
        "ds_mainSearch": {
            "type": "ds.search",
            "options": {
                "query": "index=index  source=source sourcetype=sourcetype EventName IN (\"$dd1$\") VariableName IN ($dd2|s$) \n| timechart span=5m max(Value) by VariableName",
                "enableSmartSources": true
            },
            "name": "mainSearch"
        },
        "ds_dd2": {
            "type": "ds.search",
            "options": {
                "enableSmartSources": true,
                "query": "index=index  source=source sourcetype=sourcetype EventName = \"$dd1$\" |dedup VariableName \n| sort str(VariableName)"
            },
            "name": "dd2Search"
        }
    },
    "defaults": {
        "dataSources": {
            "ds.search": {
                "options": {
                    "queryParameters": {
                        "latest": "$global_time.latest$",
                        "earliest": "$global_time.earliest$"
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "inputs": {
        "input_global_trp": {
            "type": "input.timerange",
            "options": {
                "token": "global_time",
                "defaultValue": "-24h@h,now"
            },
            "title": "Global Time Range"
        },
        "input_dd1": {
            "options": {
                "items": ">frame(label, value) | prepend(formattedStatics) | objects()",
                "token": "dd1"
            },
            "encoding": {
                "label": "primary[0]",
                "value": "primary[0]"
            },
            "dataSources": {
                "primary": "ds_dd1"
            },
            "title": "Event Name",
            "type": "input.dropdown",
            "context": {
                "formattedConfig": {
                    "number": {
                        "prefix": ""
                    }
                },
                "formattedStatics": ">statics | formatByType(formattedConfig)",
                "statics": [],
                "label": ">primary | seriesByName(\"EventName\") | renameSeries(\"label\") | formatByType(formattedConfig)",
                "value": ">primary | seriesByName(\"EventName\") | renameSeries(\"value\") | formatByType(formattedConfig)"
            }
        },
        "input_dd2": {
            "options": {
                "items": ">frame(label, value) | prepend(formattedStatics) | objects()",
                "token": "dd2"
            },
            "encoding": {
                "label": "primary[0]",
                "value": "primary[0]"
            },
            "dataSources": {
                "primary": "ds_dd2"
            },
            "title": "Variable(s)",
            "type": "input.multiselect",
            "context": {
                "formattedConfig": {
                    "number": {
                        "prefix": ""
                    }
                },
                "formattedStatics": ">statics | formatByType(formattedConfig)",
                "statics": [],
                "label": ">primary | seriesByName(\"VariableName\") | renameSeries(\"label\") | formatByType(formattedConfig)",
                "value": ">primary | seriesByName(\"VariableName\") | renameSeries(\"value\") | formatByType(formattedConfig)"
            }
        }
    },
    "layout": {
        "type": "grid",
        "options": {
            "width": 1440,
            "height": 960
        },
        "structure": [
            {
                "item": "viz_Visualization",
                "type": "block",
                "position": {
                    "x": 0,
                    "y": 0,
                    "w": 1440,
                    "h": 653
                }
            }
        ],
        "globalInputs": [
            "input_global_trp",
            "input_dd1",
            "input_dd2"
        ]
    },
    "description": "",
    "title": "Test"
}

NewToSplunk1_1-1723729274283.png

 

Labels (1)
0 Karma

ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

I may be wrong (please contradict me if I am), but, I think this may still be one of the (many?) deficiencies of Studio when compared to SimpleXML - let's hope this and the other deficiencies are resolved before Simple XML support is withdrawn!

Get Updates on the Splunk Community!

Splunk Observability for AI

Don’t miss out on an exciting Tech Talk on Splunk Observability for AI!Discover how Splunk’s agentic AI ...

Splunk Enterprise Security 8.x: The Essential Upgrade for Threat Detection, ...

Watch On Demand the Tech Talk on November 6 at 11AM PT, and empower your SOC to reach new heights! Duration: ...

Splunk Observability as Code: From Zero to Dashboard

For the details on what Self-Service Observability and Observability as Code is, we have some awesome content ...