Splunk Essentials - Second Edition

Creating a radio input

Now we are going to create radio inputs with dynamic search options. This will allow viewers to select server and status types, and will affect the information rendered by the panels:

1. Click on Edit | Edit Panels.
2. Select Add Input | Radio.
3. Click on the Editicon in the newly created input.
4. In the Labelfield, type in Select Server.
5. Enable Search on Changeby checking the checkbox.
6. In the Token field, type server:
   
7. Scroll down to Static Optionsand click on it. In Static Options, add Name as ALLand Value as *.
8. Click Dynamic Options, then fill inSearch String, entering the following search command:

         SPL> index=main | top server_ip