Getting Data In

Search Filters (srchFilter) when a user is in multiple groups/roles

gkanapathy
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

When a user is in multiple Splunk roles (possibly because they are assigned to multiple LDAP/AD groups that are mapped to Splunk roles), what search filter is applied to that user's searches? Is one just selected, and if so which one? Or are all the filters OR'ed together?

Is there some way to select or specify one, or define a precedence? Or some way to define an overriding filter for a particular user or set of users?

Tags (2)
1 Solution

Stephen_Sorkin
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

All filters are ORed together to form the composite search filter. There is no precedence or override. The user is able to search any data that any of his or her roles can.

View solution in original post

Stephen_Sorkin
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

All filters are ORed together to form the composite search filter. There is no precedence or override. The user is able to search any data that any of his or her roles can.

twinspop
Influencer

And what about when you're setting values to capability parameters? Which one wins? Example, srchMaxTime. 2 roles. One at 300 and one at 600. Which wins?

0 Karma

jadamsplunk
Path Finder

1.5 years later, but... the most permissive

Got questions? Get answers!

Join the Splunk Community Slack to learn, troubleshoot, and make connections with fellow Splunk practitioners in real time!

Meet up IRL or virtually!

Join Splunk User Groups to connect and learn in-person by region or remotely by topic or industry.

Get Updates on the Splunk Community!

Monitoring AI Agents with Splunk Observability Cloud

Let’s say I’m running a travel planning AI app in production. A user asks for three concise hotel options in ...

[Puzzles] Solve, Learn, Repeat: Tiling

This puzzle (first published here) is based on finding groups of tessellated tiles (inspired by floor tiles I ...

SOK it to Me: Top 3 Benefits of Using Splunk Operator on Kubernetes that’ll Make ...

    Thursday, July 9, 2026  |  11:00AM–12:00PM PDT Duration: 1 hour (includes Q&A) Managing can feel like a ...