How to do it...

Follow these steps to create a form to filter data on a dashboard:

  1. Log in to your Splunk server.
  2. Select the Operational Intelligence application.
  3. Click on the Dashboards menu item.
  4. Select to view the Visitor Monitoring dashboard we created in the previous recipe.
  5. Once loaded, click on the Edit button.
  6. Click on + Add Input and then select Time, as shown in the following screenshot:
  7. Click on Add Input again, and this time, select Text.
  8. A new text input named field2 will appear. Above the text input, you will see a little pencil icon. Click on the pencil icon to edit the input. A pop up will be displayed.
  9. Complete the box with ...

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