Custom decorations

You have learned most of the advanced visualizations that we can implement on the Splunk dashboard along with examples. Now, in this section of the chapter, we will look at how custom decoration can be done on Splunk single value visualization to make it aesthetically pleasing and more informative in terms of using signs/symbols, and color combinations.

Example

Let's look at a few examples of custom decorations that can be implemented on single value visualization, which you have already learned in the previous chapter.

The preceding image shows the default Splunk icons that can be used in a single value to depict specific information. These icons can be made dynamic, and depending on the specified condition, the relevant icons will be shown. This example shows decorations using tokens from search results, HTML panels, and some custom CSS. The icons are displayed using the Splunk Icon font.

Let me explain how the preceding customized decorations can be useful. If the single...