Dashboard studio message: "set token value to render visualization"

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Updated:September 29, 2026

Document ID:SPLK047284

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Splunk Cloud

Description

This article explains about the behavior of Dashboard Studio with macros and words between "$"

Investigation

The following SPL command used is the following:

index=_internal
| `macro_test`
| where like(referer, "%" . $domain$ . "%")
| eval timestamp=strptime(timestamp, "%d/%b/%Y:%H:%M:%S %z")
| timechart count by total_requests

Resolution

In dashboard studio, any work with a "$" means that is a token generated by a different search or action within the dashboard, according to the command before, just by removing the $ sign in domain fix the issue.

| where like(referer, "%" . domain . "%")

Revision History

Revision	Publish Date	Comments
1.0	29-Sep-2026	Initial Release

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