You may want to convert your dashboard panel (that is powered by an inline search) to a Splunk report, so that it can have some of the advantages that report-based panels have over inline-search-powered panels, such as faster loading times due to report acceleration.
In the following screenshot, I have clicked on Convert to Report and added a Report Title and Description on the Convert to Report dialog:
![](https://static.packt-cdn.com/products/9781788836289/graphics/assets/2abae4fe-4d64-4876-907b-625e0c7ff5fa.png)
Now our dashboard panel is based on a Splunk report:
![](https://static.packt-cdn.com/products/9781788836289/graphics/assets/2691e06d-7e26-4324-bf43-983e59ca1bce.png)
Did you notice how our magnifying icon has changed? It is no longer the Search Report icon. Let's click on it:
![](https://static.packt-cdn.com/products/9781788836289/graphics/assets/82b536f3-f0f6-4312-a14e-994fd4fdbe41.png)
We see Prior Year Forecasting Events (which is what we named the report) and get a confirmation:
![](https://static.packt-cdn.com/products/9781788836289/graphics/assets/3890ac7e-82f8-45c4-b4bc-67952f58a624.png)
Of course, as you can see, Splunk allows us more options for our dashboard panel, such as: View, Open in Search, Clone (back) to an Inline Search, Select a New Report, and Use Report...