Configuring automatic refreshes for new dashboards

You can use the auto-refresh feature to regularly refresh a dashboard at scheduled intervals.

About this task

You can configure automatic refreshes only for a dashboard if all the charts in the dashboard use a relative time filter.

The default maximum number of charts that can be refreshed simultaneously across all dashboards is 20. For example, you can refresh 10 dashboards simultaneously if each dashboard has two charts. To edit the maximum number of charts that can be refreshed simultaneously, edit the MAX_AUTO_REFRESH_CHARTS=<20> property at the following location: <HOME>/IBM®/LogAnalysis/wlp/usr/servers/Unity/apps/Unity.war/WEB-INFunitysetup.properties, where <20> is the number of charts that can be refreshed simultaneously.

Auto-refresh supports intervals of 0, 1, 5, 15, 30, and 60 minutes.

Procedure

  1. Open the dashboard.
  2. To set the auto-refresh interval, click Actions, then Auto-Refresh and select the interval that you want to specify.
    For example, to refresh the dashboard every 5 minutes, click 5 minutes.

Results

The dashboard and the associated charts are automatically refreshed with the most current data at the specified interval.

A check mark beside the specified interval indicates that an auto-refresh interval was already specified.