Use the Value Insights (beta) dashboard
The Cloud Monitoring Console (CMC) Value Insights (beta) dashboard helps you understand the value that you are delivering with Splunk. This dashboard provides clear visualizations of usage patterns, which provide insight into business outcomes across security, analytics, and observability domains. You can also generate PDF reports for sharing with decision-makers
Access the Value Insights (beta) dashboard
- In Splunk Web, select Cloud Monitoring Console.
- On the navigation bar, select the Value insights (beta) dashboard link.
Review and personalize the value metrics panels
The value metrics panels provide an at-a-glance overview of key metrics. Each panel shows the current usage and the percentage by which usage has increased or decreased since the previous time interval.
You can prioritize metrics and personalize your experience:
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Select the time interval that you want to review. By default, you are viewing the last 7 days, but you can also view the last day, last month, last quarter, or last year. Monthly, quarterly, and yearly intervals are calculated up to the beginning of the current day.
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Click Add or remove metrics to customize the metrics that are displayed on the dashboard.
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Click Filter category to filter the results. You can view all metrics, usage metrics only, or use case metrics only.
These preferences are set at the user level, which enables different users to configure the dashboard according to their own requirements.
By default, the dashboard displays Top use case domain, Use case categories, and Daily active users. You can also choose from the following additional metrics:
- Regularly used apps
- Regularly used dashboards
- Searches over time
- Total use case categories
- Users using AI assistant
For detailed information about these metrics, refer to Review Use case coverage and Review Splunk Usage Metrics.
Review the Use case coverage
The Use case coverage tab provides graphs to help you understand the areas in which you are delivering business outcomes, such as application monitoring, threat detection, and data analytics. The use case domains and categories are defined by Splunk Lantern. With this information, you can refine your implementation, tailoring searches and dashboards to your needs.
Use the Time comparison and Chart type drop-down menus to set your preferences for how you want to view the data. You can compare usage by day, week, month, quarter, or year.
See the following table to learn about each type of use case information that you can select:
| Panel | Description |
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| Use case domains |
Activity in the use case domains in the currently selected time interval, compared with the activity for the previous interval. This metric shows the business areas that are most engaged with Splunk tools. A domain is a high-level class of use case types. The domains are:
Unclassified sourcetypes are those that are not currently mapped to a known domain. Use case domains can be viewed as column charts or stacked column charts. |
| Use case categories |
The total number of use case categories that are actively searched in your environment. This metric shows the diversity of Splunk usage across your organization’s functional needs. Use cases include Anomaly Detection, Security Monitoring, Threat Hunting, Compliance, Incident Management, or Troubleshooting Mission-Critical Apps, and more. This panel also includes a bar graph that shows the top 10 most active use cases in the current week, sorted by the number of capabilities linked to each use case. Use case categories can be viewed as line charts or column charts. |
The Splunk Lantern Customer Success Center has additional information about use case categories, data sources, and data types.
Review the Splunk Usage Metrics
The Splunk usage metrics tab provides graphs that track how your organization is leveraging Splunk, including app and dashboard usage, daily active users, and AI assistant activity. Each panel also includes a Top Ten bar chart for each metric.
Use the Time comparison and Chart type drop-down menus to set your preferences for how you want to view the data and the time intervals that you want to compare. You can select a line graph, a column chart, or a stacked bar chart.
See the following table to learn about each metric that you can select:
| Panel | Description |
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| Regularly used apps |
Regularly used apps are those that have been used daily for at least 10% of the selected interval. The usage metrics show whether your organization is maximizing or underutilizing the available Splunk tools. Understanding this information can help you ensure your organization is leveraging the correct apps to support your objectives. |
| Regularly used dashboards |
Regularly used dashboards are those that have been accessed at least once per day for at least 10% of the selected interval. The usage metrics reflect your organization's engagement with the available dashboards. Underutilization of dashboards may result in users missing key insights. |
| Daily active users |
An active user is a unique individual that accesses your Splunk deployment. This metric shows the distinct count of users who log into and actively use Splunk each day. A higher number of daily active users shows that your organization's user base is highly engaged with Splunk, deeply integrating the tools into their workflows. |
| Users using AI assistant |
This graph shows the adoption of the Splunk AI Assistant by the users in your organization. The metrics reflect user engagement with the Splunk AI tools |
| Searches over time |
The number of searches run over time is a key indicator of user engagement, analytic activity, and overall utilization. Consistent increases in the number of searches indicate that users are highly engaged and are regularly accessing Splunk tools and information. |
Export Value Insights reports
- Select the time interval for which you want to generate the report.
- Click the Export to PDF button in the upper right corner of the dashboard.
- If prompted by your browser, save the PDF.