Refresh Timer widget

The Refresh Timer widget is added to a dashboard to generate an event that updates dashboard content at regular intervals for widgets that support Refresh Timer widget events.

After a set period the widget triggers a dataRefresh event and other dashboard widgets that subscribe to that event are updated accordingly. When the event is triggered, the widget restarts the timer and the event is again triggered when the timer reaches zero.

Note: The Refresh Timer widget must be used only when the data providers configured for the widgets on a dashboard are not capable of sending dynamic updates.

Important: The Refresh Timer widget must not be confused with the Browser Reload widget. Unlike the Browser Reload widget, the Refresh Timer widget does not reload the entire dashboard. The Browser Reload widget is only used in desktop environments and is designed to reload dashboard pages at regular intervals to issues with browser-related memory leaks.

The refresh timer refreshes only the dashboard page to which it is added. The refresh timer continues to run and refresh the dashboard page even when it is placed in the background.

All dashboard widgets that can be connected to a data source support Refresh Timer widget events.

Procedure

Use the refresh icon's drop-down arrow () to select a refresh interval in minutes. The available options vary based on administrator selects that are set in edit mode. The timer starts and the refresh icon changes to a timer status icon that shows the time elapsing in increments of 10 seconds.
Note: You cannot always select a refresh interval as in edit mode, an administrator can optionally set a fixed refresh interval for the Refresh Timer.
When the timer is set, the refresh icon changes to the timer status icon ().
To pause the timer, click on the Refresh Timer widget.
- If an administrator configured a refresh interval in edit mode, to resume the timer countdown, select Resume from the refresh icon's drop-down arrow ().
- If an administrator did not configure a refresh interval, to restart the timer, you must select a refresh interval manually.