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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

Module logic flow


The main concept of nested modules is that parent (upstream) modules affect child (downstream) modules. Looking at the first panel, the full module flow is as follows:

<module name="ExtendedFieldSearch">
<module name="TimeRangePicker">
<module name="SubmitButton">
<module name="HiddenSearch">
<module name="ViewstateAdapter">
<module name="HiddenFieldPicker">
<module name="JobProgressIndicator">
<module name="EnablePreview">
<module name="HiddenChartFormatter">
<module name="JSChart">
<module name="ConvertToDrilldownSearch">
<module name="ViewRedirector">
<module name="ViewRedirectorLink">

A reference to the modules installed in your instance of Splunk is available at /modules. In my case, the full URL is as follows:

http://localhost:8000/en-US/modules

Let's step through these modules in turn and discuss what they each accomplish:

  • ExtendedFieldSearch: This provides a textbox for entry. The parameters...