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App Add-on - During data input flow .. how to enable user input string to search for an index

samsign
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As an app add-on creater we don't have control on the Indexes available on the Splunk Cloud on user environment.  In App's Input.config we set the index= default.  

In the add-on flow.. we add a data input  configuration ..with new input stream urls and  the index, it should point to.. shown in the below image 

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As you see the  index is populated with "default"

How can we enable the

  • ability to show up all available indexes in the drop down
  • If the desired index is not in the available list .. how can we enable user to  input  a string and trigger a search
  • If user don't want to pick a index then.. the default should be selected 
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