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Insert image into single event with provided URL

scho
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

I would like to know how to insert thumbnail images into events in the flashtimeline. For example, given that there is URL of the thumbnail in each event and it has a field name "img". An sample event looks like this:

[valid timestamp]
img = http://nt0.ggpht.com/news/tbn/zBjXtPTcrc5CPM/0.jpg

How should I further construct my search string?

index=<index_name> | ...

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gkanapathy
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

I think the only way to do this would be to create your own custom event renderer with CSS: http://www.splunk.com/base/Documentation/latest/Developer/EventRendering

Nicholas_Key
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

I don't think you want to use "iconify".

index=<index_name> | iconify img

because it's only showing small distinct shaped and colored icons for each img

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