Auto Refresh a New dashboard

Question

There is an elegant way to Refresh a Home Page (ie old style dashboard).
Just a code page like this

<script>
setTimeout(function(){
parent.location.reload(1);
}, 60000);
</script>

Then just have a link to the "Web Page" like this.

mycompany.quickbase.com/db/xxxxxx?a=dbpage&pageID=19

Has anyone figured out how to get a New Style Dashboard to auto refresh in a similar low code method?

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Mark Shnier (Your Quickbase Coach)
mark.shnier@gmail.com
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ivanweiss · Answer

I have not. &nbsp;I used to use that too but obviously doesnt work now. &nbsp;I had reached out to support months ago and they said nothing. &nbsp;Ill follow this post in case someone says something. &nbsp;In today's world those dashboards should be joined to auto refresh without us needing to do anything honestly. &nbsp;Web pages cant be stagnant like that anymore.------------------------------Ivan Weiss------------------------------

markshnier__you · Answer

I found an answer to my own question. I use the share link for the New Dashboard to embed a webpage on my old homepage (suffixed with &ifv=1).

And then I know how to refresh a home page so I got it to work.

The use case is where you're trying to put a giant TV screen up in an office and have various key measure widgets be updated every few minutes.

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Mark Shnier (Your Quickbase Coach)
mark.shnier@gmail.com
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markshnier__you · Answer

Sure, this will only work on a Home Page, but not a new dashboard, but you can cheat and embed a new Dashboard in a Home Page.Make a Page called Refresh.htmlwith code below.&nbsp; This will refresh every 300,000 milliseconds which is 300 seconds whch is 5 minutes.&nbsp;&nbsp;&lt;script&gt;setTimeout(function(){parent.location.reload(1);}, 300000);&lt;/script&gt;The include a web page widget on your home page with this URLmycompany.quickbase.com/db/xxxxxxxx?a=showpage&amp;pageID=24Replace xxxxxxx with the app IDReplace 24 with the Page # of that Refresh script page.Note that while you are in Customize Page mode on the homepage it will suddenly refresh every five minutes so you might want to set a longer delay while you are working with the homepage configuration as it gets confusing if all of a sudden the page just refreshes on you!&nbsp;&nbsp;​------------------------------Mark Shnier (Your Quickbase Coach)mark.shnier@gmail.com------------------------------

chrisnewsome · Answer

Mark can you elaborate on this solution? I have this exact use case, a large TV that I need to update regularly.&nbsp;
I'd also like to be able to update just a basic report page in the same manner. (Such as a homepage report for a table)------------------------------Thanks,Chris Newsome------------------------------

chrisnewsome · Answer

Thanks Mark!------------------------------Thanks,Chris Newsome------------------------------

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