Use AI Assistant to build charts in Splunk Observability Cloud

You can use the Splunk Observability Cloud AI Assistant in the Chart Builder to create charts using natural language, without writing SignalFlow. The AI Assistant can help with generating SignalFlow and charts, suggesting relevant and alternative default metrics, and iterating via prompts.
Note: Metric suggestions are not available for custom metrics.

Complete the following steps to build a simple chart with the help of the AI Assistant in the chart builder:

  1. Navigate to the Chart Builder by selecting the Chart option from the Create (+) menu on the top navigation bar. The AI Assistant panel is open by default in the Charts Builder.
  2. Prompt: Describe the data you want to see visualized in a chart.
    You can start with a straightforward prompt to explore available metrics and iterate as you go, or provide a detailed prompt if you are more familiar with chart creation. For example, you can ask the AI Assistant to "Find metrics related to memory utilization" or "Generate a SignalFlow program to track container memory utilization grouped by namespace".
    Output: If the AI Assistant can identify a metric immediately, it will generate a chart and a SignalFlow program. In any case, the AI Assistant also gives you a list of suggested metrics to use in your chart.
  3. Generate: Assess the generated chart and SignalFlow code. You can ask the AI Assistant to use a different metric input, or change the metric by editing the SignalFlow code.
    Output: The AI Assistant automatically updates the SignalFlow program and chart preview with the new metric.
  4. Refine: Make edits to the generated chart. You can continue working with the AI Assistant to change chart options, or configure chart options directly in the Chart Builder. To learn more, see Chart options in the Chart Builder.
    Output: The AI Assistant automatically updates the SignalFlow program and chart preview to reflect changes.
  5. Repeat: You can also customize the generated chart by editing the associated SignalFlow program. Select Apply to run the customized SignalFlow program.
    Output: The chart preview doesn't update until you run the new SignalFlow program. If your SignalFlow program contains errors, the AI Assistant will let you know and correct the errors for you.
  6. Save the chart once you are satisfied with the result.