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Intro

Splunk provides the leading platform for operational intelligence. Customers use Splunk to search, monitor, analyze and visualize machine data. Use Domo’s Splunk Writeback Connector to push data from a Domo DataSet to Splunk. To learn more about the Splunk API, visit their page (http://dev.splunk.com/restapi ). You configure your Domo- Splunk connection in the Data Center. This topic discusses the fields and menus that are specific to the Splunk Writeback Connector user interface. General information for adding DataSets, setting update schedules, and editing DataSet information is discussed in Adding a DataSet Using a Data Connector.
Note: The owner of a writeback dataset must also be an owner or co-owner of the input dataset.

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Prerequisites

To configure this Connector, you must have the following:
  • Your Domo Developer account credentials (client ID and client Secret)
  • Your host name
  • Your port number
  • Your HTTP event collector token
To obtain your Domo developer credentials, do the following:
  1. Log into the Domo developer account.
  2. In the top right corner under My Account click New Client.
  3. Enter the application name and description.
  4. Provide the application scope by selecting the checkboxes for Data and User.
  5. Click Create.
Once you have created a client, you can manage the client by clicking on Manage Client.

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Configuring the Connection

This section enumerates the options in the Credentials and Details panes in the Splunk Writeback Connector page. The components of the other panes in this page, Scheduling and Name & Describe Your DataSet, are universal across most Connector types and are discussed in greater length in Adding a DataSet Using a Data Connector.

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Credentials Pane

This pane contains fields for entering credentials to connect to your Domo developer account as well as the Splunk account where you want your data to be copied to. The following table describes what is needed for each field:

Field

Description

Domo Client ID

Enter your Domo client ID.

Domo Client Secret

Enter your Domo client secret.

Splunk Host Name

Enter your host name.
Note - Do not include https:// or http:// .

Example: ” subdomain.domain.info ”

Port

Enter the port number.

HTTP Event Collector Token

Enter the event collector token.

Once you have entered valid credentials, you can use the same account any time you go to set up a new Splunk Writeback DataSet. You can manage connector accounts in the Accounts tab in the Data Center. For more information about this tab, see Managing User Accounts for Connectors.

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Details Pane

This pane contains a number of fields for specifying your data and indicating where it’s going.

Menu

Description

Splunk Index Name Enter your Splunk instance index name.
Source

Enter the domo source name.

Example: customername.domo.com

Start Date Type Select the Start date selection type.
Start Date Select the start date from which you want to start fetching data.
Start Date Offset Select the number of days back from which you want to start fetching data. For example, Enter 0 for today.
End Date Type
Select the End date selection type.
End Date
Select the End Date.
End Date Offset
Select the number of days back till which you want to fetch data. For Example, enter 0 for today.

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Other Panes

For information about the remaining sections of the connector interface, including how to configure scheduling, retry, and update options, see Adding a DataSet Using a Data Connector.

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FAQs

You need your Domo Developer account credentials (client ID and client Secret), host name, port number, and HTTP event collector token.
Datasets should be set to update no more than once every 15 minutes.
No
You need to provide the source location (in Domo) from where you want to fetch the activity logs for your user.