RELEASE.txt

# CACA - Content Activity Checking Application
## Version 0.0.1 - Initial Beta Release

### 🎯 What is CACA?

CACA helps Splunk administrators and content creators answer critical questions:
- "Is anyone using this dashboard I built?"
- "Which dashboards are most critical to our users?"
- "Is this dashboard performing well or throwing errors?"
- "Which dashboards are safe to archive or delete?"

### 📦 Package Contents

This release includes:
- ✅ 3 dashboards (Leaderboard, Poop Deck, Details)
- ✅ 4 scheduled searches for data collection
- ✅ 5 search macros for easy querying
- ✅ Metrics index configuration
- ✅ Dashboard registry with auto-discovery
- ✅ Badge templates for embedding in dashboards
- ✅ Complete documentation

### 🚀 Quick Start

**Installation:** 5 minutes
**Setup:** 10 minutes
**First Data:** 15-30 minutes

1. Install the app via Splunk Web
2. Run the registry population search
3. Enable the 4 scheduled searches
4. Start monitoring your dashboards!

### 💡 Key Features

- **100% SPL-based** - No Python scripts, works everywhere including Splunk Cloud
- **Lightweight** - Low-priority searches won't impact performance
- **Automated** - Discovers dashboards and collects metrics automatically
- **Actionable** - Clear recommendations on what to keep, fix, or delete

### ⚠️ Important Notes

- Scheduled searches are **disabled by default** - you must enable them after setup
- Data collection starts from install time (no historical data)
- Requires access to `_internal` and `_audit` indexes

### 📚 Full Documentation

See [RELEASE-NOTES.md](RELEASE-NOTES.md) for complete details.

### 🐛 Found a Bug?

Please report issues at: https://github.com/devinslick/splunk-content-monitoring-console/issues

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**Happy monitoring! 💩📊**