Enabling of Splunk PDF scheduler

[uagraw01]

Hi Splunk Community,

I would appreciate your guidance regarding enabling Scheduled PDF Delivery in Splunk. Currently, the option does not appear for my Classic (Simple XML) dashboard, and I'm unsure how to enable or configure it correctly.

[marycordova]

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[uagraw01]

@marycordova 
Thank you for the valuable suggestion. The approach you've shared is indeed effective. However, in our current environment, implementing a user-based license model may not be feasible due to internal policy and stakeholder alignment constraints. We are exploring alternatives that align with our existing licensing agreements.

[livehybrid]

Hi @uagraw01 

Does your dashboard include any inputs such as time pickers, dropdowns etc? If so this will prevent the PDF schedule option.

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[gcusello]

Hi @uagraw01 ,

it's possible to schedule a pdf containing the form only if in the form there isn't any input.

Remove all your inputs and the pdf schedule option will be available.

Ciao.

Giuseppe

[uagraw01]

@gcusello @livehybrid I have removed all the inputs. But still option is not in a displaying mode.

[gcusello]

Hi @uagraw01 ,

could you share the code of your dashboard?

Ciaol.

Giuseppe

[uagraw01]

Deleting code. Due internal policy.

[gcusello · Accepted solution]

Hi @uagraw01 ,

you forgot to remove the time tokens:

<earliest>$TimeTokenMiddle.earliest$</earliest> 
<latest>$TimeTokenMiddle.latest$</latest> 

in many rows of your dashboards, replacing them with a value for the time window.

Ciao.

Giuseppe

[gcusello]

Hi @uagraw01 ,

good for you, see next time!

Ciao and happy splunking

Giuseppe

P.S.: Karma Points are appreciated by all the contributors 😉

[uagraw01]

What do you mean by inputs ? Are asking for input tokens ?

[livehybrid]

Hi @uagraw01 

inputs are the fields that you might have at the top of your dashboard, such as time picker, dropdowns, text input etc. Do you have any of these?

If so this is why you won’t have the option to schedule PDF delivery.