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Is there setting to always enable auto_pause option?

yutaka1005
Builder

In 2010, the following Answers refered that there isn't a setting to always enable the auto_pause option, and that it is necessary to put this setting value in the URL every time.

https://answers.splunk.com/answers/3691/auto-pause-search-settings.html

Is this still correct today?
Or is there setting to always activate?

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koshyk
Super Champion

You can do this, in case of a savedsearch. Please refer the doc https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.2.6/Admin/Savedsearchesconf

dispatch.auto_pause = <int>
* If specified, the search job pauses after this many seconds of inactivity. (0
  means never auto-pause.)
* To restart a paused search job, specify unpause as an action to POST
  search/jobs/{search_id}/control.
* auto_pause only goes into effect once. Unpausing after auto_pause does not
  put auto_pause into effect again.
* Default is 0.

I'm not sure your exactly whether you want to do at user level or Role level. Hope it helps

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yutaka1005
Builder

Thank you for answer.

But I don't think that it is way that I'm searching.

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deepashri_123
Motivator

Hey@yutaka1005,

Please refer this doc if u find something relevant.
https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.2.6/AdvancedDev/TurnOffAutoPause

Let me know if this helps!!

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yutaka1005
Builder

Thank you for comment!

But I want to use this function in normal search page, not in simpleXML.

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