Splunk Custom Visualizations apps end of life FAQ

The Splunk Custom Visualizations apps were a collection of 11 custom visualizations that customers could download from Splunkbase for use in their Classic dashboards. These apps reached their end of life as of December 21st, 2024. This article contains commonly-asked FAQs around the apps' end of life.

1. Why did Splunk sunset the Splunk Custom Visualizations apps?
   We saw significantly lower adoption of the Custom Visualizations apps as compared to our natively supported (out-of-the-box) visualizations, and have not introduced new features since 2016. With the future of Splunk dashboards being Dashboard Studio, and given that many custom visualizations apps are natively supported in Dashboard Studio, we reallocated resources away from supporting the Splunk Custom Visualizations apps to new feature development for Dashboard Studio.

2. Which Custom Visualizations apps will be impacted?
   Only the following Custom Visualizations apps were sunsetted on December 21st, 2024 :

   • Punchcard
   • Parallel Coordinates
   • Sankey Diagram
   • Status Indicator
   • Treemap
   • Horizon chart
   • Bullet graph
   • Horseshoe meter
   • Location tracker
   • Calendar heat map
   • Timeline

3. What happened at the end of life (Dec 21, 2024)?
   The current versions of the Custom Visualizations apps reached end of support and end of life on Dec 21, 2024. They are no longer supported by Splunk and have been archived in Splunkbase.

4. Can I still use or create other custom visualizations apps?
   Yes, we only sunset the Splunk-built Custom Visualizations apps. Other custom visualizations apps on Splunkbase are still available to use.

   The custom visualizations API also continues to be supported and available and was not impacted by this change.

5. What alternatives do we have?
   Many visualizations have alternatives in Dashboard Studio: punchcard, parallel coordinates, status indicator (single value icon), horseshoe meter (single value radial), and Sankey diagram are all available in Dashboard Studio. (See list of available visualizations). You can use marker gauge in place of bullet graphs, and the Splunk Works Maps+ for Splunk app in place of parallel coordinates.

6. What if I need a particular visualization?
   You need to have downloaded the Custom Visualizations apps you need and saved a copy of them prior to December 21st, 2024. If you cannot find a suitable alternative from our third-party developed apps on Splunkbase or in Dashboard Studio, you can develop your own custom visualizations apps. (See Developing Views and Apps for Splunk Web) You can also request that specific visualizations are supported natively in Dashboard Studio via Splunk Ideas.

7. What should I do if I have Splunk Custom Visualizations apps installed in my Splunk environment?
   You can continue to use the custom visualizations that are installed in your environment, but you are fully responsible for the apps' usage as Splunk is no longer providing support, bug fixes, or security upgrades.

8. Are SimpleXML dashboards also being deprecated?
   Classic SimpleXML dashboards continue to be supported and are not affected by the Splunk Custom Visualizations apps end of life.