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Implementing Splunk (Update)

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Implementing Splunk (Update)

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (20 chapters)
Implementing Splunk Second Edition
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Sharing results with others


It is often convenient to share a specific set of results with another user. You could always export the results to a CSV file and share it, but this is cumbersome. In earlier versions of Splunk, a URL could be saved and shared; in version 6.2, things are a bit different (although you still can save your search as a bookmarked URL).

The URL

To share your search as a bookmarked URL, you can click on the share icon to view the Share Job dialog:

From here, you can simply right-click on the share icon and bookmark your search for later use:

You can also share your search and search results in a variety of other ways, starting by clicking on the Save As link:

This lists your options for saving the search and search results. Your choices are the following:

  • Report

  • Dashboard Panel

  • Alert

  • Event Type

Save as report

To save your search as a report, click on the Report link. This opens the Save As Report dialog:

From here, you need to do the following:

  1. Enter a Title (or name) for your...