How can I delay searches based on dropdown selection?

[michaeler]

I have a classic dashboard that has 8 separate 'pages' controlled by a dropdown selection. I just added drilldowns to almost every visualization and have around 60 searches in the dashboard and it's starting to get laggy.

Is there a way to only execute searches on the page when I select it, instead of all at once?

[efavreau · Accepted solution]

@michaeler 

Along the lines of what Rich said, check this article with example out on how set and unset token can work to your advantage:
https://community.splunk.com/t5/Dashboards-Visualizations/How-to-set-and-unset-token-after-submit-an...

[richgalloway]

Have the dropdown set a token that is referenced in the related search(es).  The searches won't until the token is set.