Did you ever find out how to do this? I'm in a similar situation and was hoping you were able to find a workaround? ... View more

As I said earlier, I don't think this is possible. You could create an idea on ideas.splunk.com to have a "readonly-admin" role, but I am not sure if this is a very common request that will get many votes/attention. ... View more

Short of checking what searches were spawned? I'm afraid you can't. ... View more