Automatically Refresh Tableau Server Views in a Browser at Regular Intervals

Issue

Unable to configure Tableau Server to automatically refresh views in a browser at regular intervals.

Environment

Tableau Server
Tableau Cloud

Resolution

Use one of the following workarounds, which involve embedding the views in a webpage:

Option 1

Select the :refresh URL parameter
In the <head> section of the web page, add <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="#">, where # is the number of seconds between refreshes

Option 2

Use the refreshDataAsync () method of the Tableau JavaScript API with the setInterval() method, which is equivalent to clicking on the Refresh Data toolbar button

Cause

The ability to automatically refresh a Tableau view displayed in a browser at regular intervals is not currently built into Tableau Server.

Additional information

Both the :refresh URL parameter and the refreshDataAsync () method clear any cache and retrieve the latest information from the data source.

To voice your support for the inclusion of this enhancement in a future product release, add your vote to the following Community Idea: Auto refresh dashboard.

For more information about this topic, see:

HTML <meta> http-equiv Attribute by w3schools.com
Window setInterval() Method by w3schools.com

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