Splunk Search

Convert saved search to inline search

ma_anand1984
Contributor

I have a dashboard with 10 graphs all pointing to one saved search each. what is the easiest way to convert all of them to inline search at One GO?

Tags (4)
0 Karma
1 Solution

MHibbin
Influencer

To check my understanding, you want to convert 10 savedSearches into 10 searches which generate 10 panels on your dashboard?

Did you create your view using XML? - Or did you create it through the tools provided by Splunk (i.e. Search>> Create...>> Dashboard panel)?

If you did it using the tools provided by Splunk, the quickest way I can think would be to navigate to the view, click the "Edit" button, and then for each panel, edit the search, and then click "edit in-line" (or something to that effect).

Other than that the quickest way would be to copy the search strings from the saved searches to a notepad (or something similar) and then edit the XML directly, by replacing your saved searches with searches and adding the search string.

No one-shot method that I've come across, as there are multiple searches being used. You can look at the UI examples app for help on a lot of dashboarding requirements.

Hope this helps,

MHibbin

View solution in original post

0 Karma

pbugeja
New Member

Relatively new user of Splunk and have noticed a possibly bug with the "Clone to Inline Pivot" functionality when editing a Dashboard Panel by clicking on the Search Report icon in order to use a Time Range Picker for Panels in a Dashboard. This will be very handy function to synchronize all panels in a dashboard.

I click on Inline Search icon, choose "Clone to Inline Pivot" and it does not change the icon to Inline Search, hence not prompted to add the Time Range Picker to the panel.

I am using Splunk Enterprise 6.5.1

Thanks, Paul

0 Karma

MHibbin
Influencer

To check my understanding, you want to convert 10 savedSearches into 10 searches which generate 10 panels on your dashboard?

Did you create your view using XML? - Or did you create it through the tools provided by Splunk (i.e. Search>> Create...>> Dashboard panel)?

If you did it using the tools provided by Splunk, the quickest way I can think would be to navigate to the view, click the "Edit" button, and then for each panel, edit the search, and then click "edit in-line" (or something to that effect).

Other than that the quickest way would be to copy the search strings from the saved searches to a notepad (or something similar) and then edit the XML directly, by replacing your saved searches with searches and adding the search string.

No one-shot method that I've come across, as there are multiple searches being used. You can look at the UI examples app for help on a lot of dashboarding requirements.

Hope this helps,

MHibbin

0 Karma

ma_anand1984
Contributor

thank you MHibbin for your time. I'm aware of both the methods you told. I was checking whether there is any magic that does it in one Shot.

0 Karma
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!

Cisco Data Fabric from Architecture to Investigation, Better SOC Visibility, and More ...

Splunk Lantern is Splunk’s customer success center that provides practical guidance from Splunk experts on key ...

The Trust Gap: Why a Data Foundation is Fundamental to an Agentic Enterprise

The Trust Gap: Why a data foundation is fundamental to an  Agentic Enterprise.   Agentic AI is transforming ...

Data Management Digest – September 2026

    Welcome to the September 2026 edition of Data Management Digest! September brought a fresh wave of ...