I had great success with the following: Service service = getSplunkService(); String dashboardName = "rest_dashboard"; String dashboardXml = "<dashboard>\n" + " <label>temp</label>\n" + " <row>\n" + " <panel>\n" + " <chart>\n" + " <search>\n" + " <query>index=_internal\n" + " | timechart count</query>\n" + " <earliest>-1h@h</earliest>\n" + " <latest>now</latest>\n" + " <sampleRatio>1</sampleRatio>\n" + " </search>\n" + " </chart>\n" + " </panel>\n" + " </row>\n" + "</dashboard>"; JobArgs jobargs = new JobArgs(); jobargs.put("name", dashboardName); jobargs.put("eai:type", "views"); jobargs.put("eai:data", dashboardXml); String endpoint = String.format("/servicesNS/rest_user/app_name/data/ui/views/%s", dashboardName); service.post(endpoint, jobargs); ... View more