Adding embed.expiry to the exclusion list for views

Author: gjanders

README.md

@@ -326,6 +326,9 @@ As of October 2022, there are still no signs of version control within the Splun
 - [Search Head Backup](https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/6438) - backup to an index, works in Splunk Cloud
 
 ## Release Notes
+### 1.2.16
+- `splunkversioncontrol_backup_class.py` - added  "embed.expiry" to ignoreList (due to reports of issues in dashboards in new versions of Splunk cloud)
+
 ### 1.2.15
 - `splunkversioncontrol_backup_class.py` - added  "embed.enabled" to ignoreList (due to reports of issues in dashboards in new versions of Splunk cloud)
 

bin/splunkversioncontrol_backup_class.py

@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ def macros(self, app):
     #
     ###########################
     def dashboards(self, app):
-        ignoreList = [ "embed.enabled", "disabled", "eai:appName", "eai:digest", "eai:userName", "isDashboard", "isVisible", "label", "rootNode", "description", "version" ]
+        ignoreList = [ "embed.enabled", "embed.expiry", "disabled", "eai:appName", "eai:digest", "eai:userName", "isDashboard", "isVisible", "label", "rootNode", "description", "version" ]
         return self.runQueries(app, "/data/ui/views", "dashboards", ignoreList)
 
     ###########################

default/app.conf

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ label = SplunkVersionControl
 [launcher]
 author = Gareth Anderson
 description = Version Control software for Splunk instances (backup/restore from git)
-version = 1.2.15
+version = 1.2.16
 
 [package]
 id = SplunkVersionControl