Knowledge Management

Unable to save summary search because summary index is missing

the_wolverine
Champion

Our summary index is not recognized in UI when attempt to save a scheduled search to write to it. These indexes are just like any other index.

ERROR SavedSearchAdminHandler - Index name=summary_test does not exist. The summary index must exist in order for a scheduled search to populate it.

False. The index exists.

We use a SH_POOL and Distributed search. Summary indexed data will go to indexers.

We are being told that a "stub" index needs to be created on the SH -- why? Why is Splunk able to write to any other index but not a summary index without a "stub" being created on the SH? It appears to be a bug.

yannK
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

If the index is created on the indexers, but not on the search-heads, the SH may complain when you are trying to select it.
Quick workaround, define the index on the SH, but forwar the data to the indexer anyway.

ben_leung
Builder

Is this issue still in version 6.3+ ?

0 Karma

the_wolverine
Champion

What is the reason for this and where is the documentation that explains the issue?

0 Karma

jrodman
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

This is a current limitation in the Splunk UI.

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