How do I search for Technology Add-ons or hidden apps in Splunk. Thank u in advance

[SamHTexas]

Are TAs always hidden? How do I hide an app from popular view so it is only viewable by Admins?

[richgalloway]

Yes, TAs typically are hidden.  More generally, apps with a UI are visible whereas those without a UI (like TAs) are not.  You can make a TA visible, but there's nothing to see.

IIRC, the Manage Apps screen is only visible to admins and will show both visible and hidden apps.

[General_Talos]

Splunk TAs are mostly hidden, because most of the TAs don't  have any dashboard (only visible if required configuration inputs)

To make it visible

- Go to Manage Apps

- To extreme left to your App/TA you will see "Edit Properties"

- Change "Visible" setting from No to Yes

To your second question, "How do I hide an app from popular view so it is only viewable by Admins?"

- You can define App/TA visibility based on Roles

https://community.splunk.com/t5/Archive/Hiding-Apps/m-p/29154

You can go to the Application in Manager (Manager » Apps » » Permissions) and set the role that has access to a particular application. That way you can control what apps a group of users have access to.

[Roy_9]

@richgalloway or @General_Talos 

How do we need to hide the app that is downloaded from Splunk base to be viewed by other customers through source control like Git?

I see a file with default.meta where it says

[]

owner =admin
access =  read : [*], write : [ admin ]

export = system

Thanks