Pause automatic data refreshing

You can pause the automatic refreshing of dashboard component data.

The data is automatically extracted from the cache or recalculated if the refresh rate of the data source has expired. The default refresh rate value is 12 h. You can set the

Refresh rate in the Assign data dialog.

The usage of the manual Refresh option is independent of the Auto Refresh function.

Procedure

1. Open a dashboard.

2. Click a dashboard component.

3. Click the

Menu icon > Pause to pause the automatic data refreshing.

The menu is available if the Show menu option is enabled for the component.

4. Click the

Menu icon > Resume to restart the automatic data refreshing.

The menu is available if the Show menu option is enabled for the component.

The automatic refreshing of component data is paused.

Most of the dashboard components provide the Auto refresh option. Use this option to enable automatic data retrieval for a component. The source data is reimported and recalculated automatically based on the refresh rate set. The Auto refresh option is available on the Config tab in the component properties. To display the properties dialog in dashboard edit mode (

) click an inserted component.