adding random html to splunk view

[DTERM]

How do I add random HTML code to the following Splunk view? (Or any view in general?) I just need to dress up the view with administrative overhead. Thanks.

<?xml version="1.0"?>

    <view template="dashboard.html">
      <label>1Hr(5min Refresh) - Customer Activity</label>
      <module name="GenericHeader" layoutPanel="panel_row1_col1">
        <param name="label">Customer Activity (Most ACTIVE)</param>
         <module name="AutoRefresh">
          <param name="invervalInSeconds">300</param>
           <module name="HiddenSearch" autoRun="True" layoutPanel="panel_row1_col1_grp1">
        <param name="search"> 
                  index="MyIndex" sourcetype="customer" | timechart count by customer 
        </param>
            <param name="earliest">-1h</param>
            <module name="HiddenChartFormatter">
              <param name="chart">line</param>
              <param name="chart.nullValueMode">connect</param>
              <param name="secondaryAxis.scale">log</param>
              <param name="primaryAxisTitle.text">Time</param>
              <param name="secondaryAxisTitle.text">Volume</param>
              <module name="FlashChart"/>
            </module>
          </module>
        </module>
      </module>
    </view>

[melting]

For simple xml there is an html node:

There are a couple of built in cmds for advanced xml.

1. StaticContentSample - Include raw HTML in the view xml
2. ServerSideInclude - Include an html file to be included.

An example of StaticContentSample from nick:

<module name="StaticContentSample">
  <param name="text"><![CDATA[
    <a href="http://sideviewapps.com">my test link</a>
  ]]></param>
</module>

[dwaddle · Accepted solution]

Using the advanced HTML functionality, the Sideview Utils app provides the ability to include arbitrary HTML in a view. There is a good example of this functionality in the S-O-S app.

http://splunk-base.splunk.com/apps/22279/sideview-utils

http://splunk-base.splunk.com/apps/29008/sos-splunk-on-splunk