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Add SearchBar and Flashimeline using Simple XML in Splunk 6

Nicholas_Key
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

How do I add the SearchBar and FlashTimeline into my dashboard?

Given this simple XML

<dashboard>
  <label>Dummy dashboard</label>
</dashboard>

In Splunk 5.x, with Advanced XML, this is achievable with

<module name="SearchBar" layoutPanel="mainSearchControls">

What are the elements I need to add between dashboard element to display the following in Splunk 6?

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masonmorales
Influencer

You can achieve a similar result in Splunk 6.x using Advanced XML and "view" tags instead of "dashboard"

Here's an example:

<view>
  <label>Testing</label>
  <module name="AccountBar" layoutPanel="appHeader"/>
  <module name="AppBar" layoutPanel="navigationHeader"/>
  <module name="Message" layoutPanel="messaging">
    <param name="filter">*</param>
    <param name="clearOnJobDispatch">False</param>
    <param name="maxSize">1</param>
  </module>
  <module name="SearchBar" layoutPanel="splSearchControls-inline">
    <param name="useAssistant">true</param>
    <param name="useTypeahead">true</param>
    <param name="useOwnSubmitButton">False</param>
    <module name="TimeRangePicker">
      <param name="selected">Last 24 Hours</param>
      <param name="searchWhenChanged">True</param>        
        <module name="HiddenIntention">
          <param name="intention">
            <param name="name">addterm</param>
            <param name="arg">
             <param name="sourcetype">*</param>
            <param name="host">*</param> -->
                 </param>
          </param>

      <module name="SubmitButton">
        <param name="allowSoftSubmit">True</param>
        <module name="Message" layoutPanel="graphArea">
          <param name="filter">splunk.search.job</param>
          <param name="clearOnJobDispatch">True</param>
          <param name="maxSize">2</param>
          <module name="JobStatus">
            <param name="resultsLink">
              <param name="popup">True</param>
              <param name="viewTarget">report_builder_define_data</param>
              <param name="transformedResultsViewTarget">report_builder_format_report</param>
            </param>
            <module name="FlashTimeline" layoutPanel="graphArea">
              <param name="height">180px</param>
              <param name="width">100%</param>
              <module name="TitleBar" layoutPanel="viewHeader"/>
              <module name="FieldPicker" layoutPanel="sidebar">
                <param name="fields">host sourcetype source</param>
                <param name="link">
                  <param name="view">report_builder_format_report</param>
                </param>              
                <module name="Message" layoutPanel="resultsAreaLeft">
                  <param name="filter">pageControls</param>
                  <param name="clearOnJobDispatch">True</param>
                  <param name="maxSize">1</param>
                </module>
                <module name="Count" layoutPanel="pageControls">
                        <module name="Export">
        <param name="exportType">result</param>
    </module>
                  <param name="options">
                    <list>
                      <param name="text">10</param>
                      <param name="value">10</param>
                    </list>
                    <list>
                      <param name="text">20</param>
                      <param name="value">20</param>
                    </list>
                    <list>
                      <param name="text">50</param>
                       <param name="selected">true</param>
                      <param name="value">50</param>
                    </list>
                  </param>
                  <module name="ButtonSwitcher" layoutPanel="pageControls">
                    <param name="mode">independent</param>
                    <param name="selected">splIcon-events-list</param>
                    <param name="disableOnNull">True</param>
                    <module name="ResultsHeader" layoutPanel="resultsHeaderPanel" group="splIcon-events-list" altTitle="Events List">
                      <param name="entityLabel">events</param>
                      <param name="entityName">events</param>
                      <module name="Paginator" layoutPanel="pageControls">
                        <param name="entityName">events</param>
                        <param name="maxPages">15</param>                        
                        <module name="SoftWrap" layoutPanel="resultsOptions">
                          <param name="enable">True</param>
                          <module name="RowNumbers">
                            <module name="MaxLines">
                              <param name="options">
                                <list>
                                  <param name="text">5</param>
                                  <param name="selected">True</param>
                                  <param name="value">5</param>
                                </list>
                                <list>
                                  <param name="text">10</param>
                                  <param name="value">10</param>
                                </list>
                                <list>
                                  <param name="text">20</param>
                                  <param name="value">20</param>
                                </list>
                                <list>
                                  <param name="text">50</param>
                                  <param name="value">50</param>
                                </list>
                                <list>
                                  <param name="text">100</param>
                                  <param name="value">100</param>
                                </list>
                                <list>
                                  <param name="text">200</param>
                                  <param name="value">200</param>
                                </list>
                                <list>
                                  <param name="text">All</param>
                                  <param name="value">0</param>
                                </list>
                              </param>

                              <module name="Segmentation" >
                                <param name="options">
                                  <list>
                                    <param name="text">inner</param>
                                    <param name="selected">True</param>
                                    <param name="value">inner</param>
                                  </list>
                                  <list>
                                    <param name="text">outer</param>
                                    <param name="value">outer</param>
                                  </list>
                                  <list>
                                    <param name="text">full</param>
                                    <param name="value">full</param>
                                  </list>
                                  <list>
                                    <param name="text">raw</param>
                                    <param name="value">raw</param>
                                  </list>
                                </param>
                                <module name="EventsViewer" layoutPanel="resultsAreaLeft">
                                  <param name="segmentation">full</param>
                                  <param name="reportFieldLink">report_builder_format_report</param>
                                </module>
                              </module>
                            </module>
                          </module>
                        </module>
                      </module>
                    </module>
                    <module name="ResultsHeader" layoutPanel="resultsHeaderPanel" group="splIcon-events-table" altTitle="Events Table">
                      <param name="entityLabel">events</param>
                      <param name="entityName">events</param>
                      <module name="Paginator" layoutPanel="pageControls">
                        <param name="count">50</param>
                        <param name="entityName">events</param> 
                        <param name="maxPages">10</param>
                        <module name="RowNumbers" layoutPanel="resultsOptions">
                          <module name="DataOverlay" layoutPanel="resultsAreaLeft">
                            <module name="SimpleResultsTable" layoutPanel="resultsAreaLeft">
                              <param name="entityName">events</param>
                            </module>
                          </module>
                        </module>
                      </module>
                    </module>
                    <module name="ResultsHeader" layoutPanel="resultsHeaderPanel" group="splIcon-results-table" altTitle="Results Table">
                      <param name="entityLabel">results</param>
                      <param name="entityName">results</param>
                      <module name="EnablePreview" group="show" layoutPanel="resultsOptions">
                        <param name="enable">True</param>
                        <module name="Paginator" layoutPanel="pageControls">
                          <param name="count">50</param>
                          <param name="entityName">results</param> 
                          <param name="maxPages">10</param>
                          <module name="RowNumbers" layoutPanel="resultsOptions">
                            <module name="DataOverlay" layoutPanel="resultsAreaLeft">
                              <module name="SimpleResultsTable" layoutPanel="resultsAreaLeft">
                                <param name="entityName">results</param>
                              </module>
                            </module>
                          </module>
                        </module>
                      </module>
                    </module>
                  </module>                
                </module>
                <module name="MultiFieldViewer">
                  <param name="link">
                    <param name="view">report_builder_format_report</param>
                  </param>
                </module>
                <module name="SuggestedFieldViewer">
                  <param name="minDistinctCount">1</param>
                  <param name="minFrequency">0.5</param>
                  <param name="maxFields">50</param>
                  <param name="exclude">
                    <list>^date_.*</list>
                  </param>
                  <param name="link">
                    <param name="view">report_builder_format_report</param>
                  </param>
                </module>
              </module>
            </module>
          </module>
        </module>
      </module>
    </module>
  </module>
  </module>
</view>
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masonmorales
Influencer

FYI - I don't believe it's possible to add a SearchBar using SimpleXML in 6.x. See: http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.2.2/Viz/PanelreferenceforSimplifiedXML

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