The document that was listed above is old and does not apply to the 5.0.1 version. The functionality and manual configuration that is being refferenced is already builtin to the new version. ... View more

You shouldn't need to re-install, from the report I came across with a customer the issue was a customized "command=" in an alert_actions.conf that is no longer necessary (or correct) for the new PDF generator. Presumably you customized this in the past, before upgrading? Comment out that and try it again. ... View more

Splunk free has no search scheduling therefore no alerting. You can test if it can send email form a search, with the search command |sendmail and build your own scheduler, with the CLI and cron/OS scheduler. http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/4.3.4/SearchReference/Sendemail Not mentioning that you can also pay for Splunk Enterprise... ... View more