Conducting dashboard performance review on Splunk Enterprise
This article offers a checklist of tasks to assist self-service customers in conducting dashboard performance review on Splunk Enterprise. This is one of many processes involved in Running a Splunk platform health check.
Objective
Audit up to five of the most impactful existing dashboards in your Splunk environment to assess performance and associated settings
In-scope
- Review use of base and chain searches
- Review search performance
- Audit dashboard usage
- Refresh Settings review
- Enablement regarding dashboard best practices
Out-of-scope
- Analysis of any custom Javascript or CSS
- Efficiency review of any custom search commands
Task-specific assumptions
- The person conducting this analysis has access to search the appropriate systems
- The person conducting this analysis has admin permissions
- Notable dashboards have been identified
Additional resources
Splunk Professional Services can assist with this or any other process involved in conducting a Splunk platform health check. Click here to learn more about working with Professional Services.

