We've done the following so far.
We're not able to see the events from the search app. I've checked and the index contains the correct number of events. So it looks like the events are being stored but are then not visible. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?
By default, the normal user roles (admin, power, user) only search the main (aka default) index. In fact, the role that you are using might not have permissions to see the new index. In the UI, go to Manager >> Access Controls and edit the role. Be sure to add this index to both the default list of indexes as well as the allowed list of indexes.
If you don't want to add the new index to the default list of indexes searched, you can add
index=xxxx
to your searches to search it explicitly.
HTH!
BTW, people do this all the time. I do this all the time!
By default, the normal user roles (admin, power, user) only search the main (aka default) index. In fact, the role that you are using might not have permissions to see the new index. In the UI, go to Manager >> Access Controls and edit the role. Be sure to add this index to both the default list of indexes as well as the allowed list of indexes.
If you don't want to add the new index to the default list of indexes searched, you can add
index=xxxx
to your searches to search it explicitly.
HTH!