In this chapter, we covered some deeper elements of Splunk applications and visualizations. Starting with the basics of HTML dashboards and the Splunk Web Framework, we discussed how to include basic CSS overrides for some of the Splunk CSS. We also covered the static folder location within an app that serves content as needed. We mentioned the use of the bump button to bust open the caches if something isn't rendered properly. After that protip, we reviewed each of the SplunkJS modules, how to instantiate them, and gave an example of each. Moving right along, we reviewed how to set tokens within the dashboard, and how to trigger changes in the display based on updates to the tokens. We customized the dashboard with CSS, and started including custom JavaScript and D3 Visualizations. The method of placing the D3 visualization in the dashboard was neither smooth nor reusable across other dashboards. We will show that configuration in the next chapter. We will cover how to make a custom...
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Kyle Smith is a self-proclaimed geek and has been working with Splunk extensively since 2010. He enjoys integrating Splunk with new sources of data and types of visualization. He has spoken numerous times at the Splunk User Conference (most recently in 2014 on Lesser Known Search Commands) and is an active contributor to the Splunk Answers community and also to the #splunk IRC channel. He was awarded membership into the SplunkTrust as a founding member. He has published several Splunk Apps and add-ons to Splunkbase, the Splunk community's premier Apps and add-ons platform. He has worked in both higher education and private industry; he is currently working as an integration developer for Splunk's longest running professional services partner. He lives in central Pennsylvania with his family.
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Kyle Smith is a self-proclaimed geek and has been working with Splunk extensively since 2010. He enjoys integrating Splunk with new sources of data and types of visualization. He has spoken numerous times at the Splunk User Conference (most recently in 2014 on Lesser Known Search Commands) and is an active contributor to the Splunk Answers community and also to the #splunk IRC channel. He was awarded membership into the SplunkTrust as a founding member. He has published several Splunk Apps and add-ons to Splunkbase, the Splunk community's premier Apps and add-ons platform. He has worked in both higher education and private industry; he is currently working as an integration developer for Splunk's longest running professional services partner. He lives in central Pennsylvania with his family.
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