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Splunk Essentials - Second Edition

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Product type Book
Published in Sep 2016
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ISBN-13 9781785889462
Pages 236 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Authors (3):
Betsy Page Sigman Betsy Page Sigman
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Somesh Soni Somesh Soni
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Erickson Delgado Erickson Delgado
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Table of Contents (15) Chapters

Splunk Essentials Second Edition
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
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Preface
Splunk in Action Bringing in Data Search Processing Language Data Models and Pivot Data Optimization, Reports, Alerts, and Accelerating Searches Panes of Glass Splunk SDK for JavaScript and D3.js HTTP Event Collector Best Practices and Advanced Queries

Creating a dropdown input


Dropdown inputs function exactly the same as radio inputs. The former is used when the selection is huge and you do not want the list of choices to unnecessarily clutter the entire page. The http_uri field has numerous results, so this makes a drop-down the ideal candidate for input here.

Follow the same procedure as for radio input creation, but make sure you have selected Dropdown instead. Use the following information and screenshots as guides to complete the task:

  1. Click on Edit | Edit Panels.

  2. Select Add Input | Dropdown.

  3. Click the Editicon in the newly created input.

  4. In the Labelfield, type in Select HTTP URI to name your new drop-down.

  5. As you did when you created a radio button, enable Search on Changeby checking the checkbox.

  6. In the Token field, type http_uri.

  7. Under Token Options section, in Default, select ALL.

  8. Under Token Options section, in Initial Value, select ALL.

  9. For Static Options, type { Name: ALL, Value: * }.

  10. Under Dynamic Options, be sure the search icon is...

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