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4.0.3

This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk: 4.0.3 , 4.0.4 , 4.0.5 , 4.0.6 , 4.0.7 , 4.0.8 , 4.0.9 , 4.0.10

4.0.3

The following issues have been resolved in this release:

Resolved general issues

  • An issue in which some saved searches were not correctly reflecting the entered string has been resolved. Known situations were when using top for multiple fields as in |top field1, field2 or top x by x. The error was appearing as "Unknown search operator: Undefined" (SPL-25447), or was displaying different search (SPL-25446).
  • Upon migration from an earlier version, saved searches are now moved correctly to the Search App and promoted to globally available status. (SPL-25311)
  • The search documentation cheatsheet is now updated for version 4.x. (SPL-23986)
  • Various issues around resurrecting search jobs and search clause ordering have been resolved. (SPL-21740)
  • An issue with incorrect character set detection when certain combinations of Unicode characters appear in an active file has been resolved. (SPL-20780)
  • Running ./splunk list forward-server in the CLI now correctly reflects the status of the forwarders. (SPL-25626)
  • The listtails command now runs to completion. (SPL-25587)
  • An issue with slow Splunk startup has been resolved. (SPL-25572)
  • Automatic header-based field extraction now displays correctly when defining report content (SPL-25544)
  • The path for results sent to scripts via alerts is now correct. (SPL-25512)
  • The 'always' alert condition now triggers correctly. (SPL-25504)
  • The splunkmon.log file now reports restarts accurately. (SPL-24928)
  • The admin role now sees all non-internal indexes by default. (SPL-24962)
  • Subsearch clauses are now resurrected when running a saved search with a subsearch. (SPL-24957)
  • The schedule for a scheduled saved search is now preserved when that saved search is disabled. (SPL-25073)
  • A crash involving groupmappingattribute when configuring LDAP settings has been resolved. (SPL-25089)
  • Editing a saved search no longer causes chart formatting settings to be lost. (SPL-24750)
  • Renaming a source type is now reflected correctly in search assistant (SPL-24672)
  • An issue with being unable to log into Splunk Web when it starts before splunkd has been resolved. (SPL-24141)
  • Searching for a single Japanese character no longer requires double quotes ("). (SPL-23697)
  • New source types are now created correctly when a /learned directory is present in /etc/bundles. (SPL-25556)
  • The CLI no longer gives a permissions exception when it can't write to authToken. (SPL-25347)
  • The isReadOnly option for indexes.conf now works correctly. (SPL-25233)
  • The CLI and search command to roll buckets has been changed to: splunk search "| debug cmd=roll index=index_name" (SPL-25227)
  • When using an Enterprise Trial license, the same license can be used on multiple distributed search heads. (SPL-24892)
  • The addcoltotals operator now works correctly. (SPL-24628)

Resolved Splunk Web/Manager issues

  • The browser's selected locale will now always be respected; and Splunk Web will no longer fall back to en_US. (SPL-25432)
  • Splunk Web will no longer hang when selecting the "Manager" link from the Launcher or Search App if Splunk cannot connect to splunk.com. (SPL-25520, SPL-24670)
  • Linewrapping now works correctly in Firefox 3.5. (SPL-24856)
  • The 'next' pagination link is now localizable. (SPL-25378)
  • The UDP inputs page now displays the data correctly (does not show all IPs that have forwarded data to the UDP port). (SPL-25465)
  • Views with modules that include Flash items now load correctly even when scrolled down. (SPL-25476)
  • Semicolons are now correctly handled in field names in Splunk Web. (SPL-17300)
  • Non-UTF-8 inputs are now handled correctly in Splunk Web, and do not generate an "[SimpleResultsTable module] Input is not proper UTF-8" error. (SPL-25529)
  • The report builder now handles more complex searches properly. (SPL-25322)

Resolved Windows-specific issues

  • WMI collection inputs are now supported correctly from all Apps, not just Search and the Windows App. (SPL-25209)
  • Various broken links in the Windows App have been fixed. (SPL-25548)
  • The Windows App is no longer enabled by default when installing using the commandline/MSI. (SPL-25487)
  • Splunk Web no longer adds an extra backslash (\) when displaying Windows source types. (SPL-25298)
  • "Object Name" and "Object Type" field Windows Security Event Log GUIDs are now translated correctly. (SPL-25263)
  • The spec and example files for admon.conf are now included in the shipping product. (SPL-25231)
  • The header for admon.conf no longer erroneously states that changes to the file should be made to $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local when changes should be made to $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/windows/local. (SPL-24859)
  • WMI events no longer are forwarded to non-Windows indexers with spaces appended to the source and source type values. (SPL-25666)
  • Scripted inputs are much faster than in earlier versions. (SPL-25452)
  • objectGUID is now reported correctly in Admon events. (SPL-25315)
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