Dashboards & Visualizations

The maximum disk usage quota for this user has been reached. Use the Job Manager to delete some of your saved search results.

mbagali_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Dashboards loading slow and waiting for queued job. Getting below errors:

Error 1: The maximum disk usage quota for this user has been reached. Use the Job Manager to delete some of your saved search results.

Error 2: The maximum number of concurrent historical searches for this user based on their role quota has been reached

Tags (1)
0 Karma
1 Solution

mbagali_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

For Error 1: The maximum disk usage quota for this user has been reached. Use the Job Manager to delete some of your saved search results.

Work around would be to increase disk usage quota for user in authorize.conf .

srchDiskQuota =

By default it is 100 MB, you can set it to higher value.

For Error 2: The maximum number of concurrent historical searches for this user based on their role quota has been reached

Work around would be to increase search job quota for the user:

srchJobsQuota =

* Maximum number of concurrently running historical searches a member of this role can have. * This excludes real-time searches, see rtSrchJobsQuota. * Defaults to 3.

Increase it to a higher value

View solution in original post

mbagali_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

For Error 1: The maximum disk usage quota for this user has been reached. Use the Job Manager to delete some of your saved search results.

Work around would be to increase disk usage quota for user in authorize.conf .

srchDiskQuota =

By default it is 100 MB, you can set it to higher value.

For Error 2: The maximum number of concurrent historical searches for this user based on their role quota has been reached

Work around would be to increase search job quota for the user:

srchJobsQuota =

* Maximum number of concurrently running historical searches a member of this role can have. * This excludes real-time searches, see rtSrchJobsQuota. * Defaults to 3.

Increase it to a higher value

Career Survey
First 500 qualified respondents will receive a $20 gift card! Tell us about your professional Splunk journey.
Get Updates on the Splunk Community!

Observe and Secure All Apps with Splunk

 Join Us for Our Next Tech Talk: Observe and Secure All Apps with SplunkAs organizations continue to innovate ...

What's New in Splunk Observability - August 2025

What's New We are excited to announce the latest enhancements to Splunk Observability Cloud as well as what is ...

Introduction to Splunk AI

How are you using AI in Splunk? Whether you see AI as a threat or opportunity, AI is here to stay. Lucky for ...