Dashboards & Visualizations

How do I add a "stop" button to a dashboard?

briancronrath
Contributor

When I run individual searches, I can stop them from running when I realize they are going to run far too long. Is there an option to add this stop functionality to dashboards? A master stop button would be ideal, but I'd settle even for individual stop buttons on panels.

Thank you!

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iamarkaprabha
Contributor

Hi ,
here is the solution I found out . It uses a dropdown menu, rather than a button

 <label>Run query</label>
 <choice value="1">No</choice>
 <choice value="2">Yes</choice>
 <default>1</default>
 <change>
   <condition value="1">
     <unset token="run_consolidations"></unset>
   </condition>
   <condition value="2">
     <set token="run_consolidations">dbxquery</set>
   </condition>
 </change>


 <search>
   <query>| $run_consolidations$ connection=......

The run_consolidations token initially hides the chart and stops the query from running. When set by the dropdown, the chart is shown and query is run.

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iamarkaprabha
Contributor

Hi ,
here is the solution I found out . It uses a dropdown menu, rather than a button

 <label>Run query</label>
 <choice value="1">No</choice>
 <choice value="2">Yes</choice>
 <default>1</default>
 <change>
   <condition value="1">
     <unset token="run_consolidations"></unset>
   </condition>
   <condition value="2">
     <set token="run_consolidations">dbxquery</set>
   </condition>
 </change>


 <search>
   <query>| $run_consolidations$ connection=......

The run_consolidations token initially hides the chart and stops the query from running. When set by the dropdown, the chart is shown and query is run.

worshamn
Contributor

I don't know about a master stop button, but each panel in its lower right corner should have a stop button while its search is still running.

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