Tokenization
Tokenization refers to the use of tokens within a dashboard. A token is a placeholder for a value within a dashboard. These placeholders can be dynamically updated within the dashboard. Searches and other objects can access these values using a special syntax. The basic syntax is to surround the token variable name with $. So, for example, if you defined a TextInputView earlier, and assigned it the token name myText, then you would reference the value as $myText$.
There are a few different ways to generate token values within a dashboard. These generally include ways to do the following:
- Define tokens to capture input values for forms.
- Define tokens to specify conditional actions based on the value of the token.
- Define tokens within a search string that use values based on previously defined tokens.
- Splunk Enterprise defines token values that you can access. Defined tokens include tokens for visualizations, time inputs, and labels and values of form inputs.
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