Is there a way to disable dashboard refreshes globally for on-prem and cloud?

[danielbb]

We are planning to transition to the cloud, realizing that about 30% of our searches are dashboard refreshes, and in order to minimize SVCs, I wonder if there is a way to disable dashboard refreshes, and whether the features are different in on-prem vs. cloud.

[LucioKub]

Yes, there isn’t really a single global “disable all dashboard refreshes” switch built into Splunk—whether you’re running on-premises (Splunk Enterprise) or in Splunk Cloud. By design, Splunk dashboards refresh automatically based on how panels are configured (e.g., scheduled searches or real-time searches) because this keeps them updated for users. However, there are ways to reduce or control refreshes.

[danielbb]

Sounds great @LucioKub , how exactly can I reduce or control refreshes? Sounds really interesting. I always wondered if it is possible to detect with JavaScript if the page is inactive and then close the tab, because I see pages with plenty of panels that refresh frequently, and the dashboard is up and running for days and days. How can we avoid it?

[marnall · Accepted solution]

Unfortunately there does not seem to be a global setting to disable dashboard refreshing. You may need to optimize each dashboard to reduce their search redundancy or use xml settings to disable refreshing on their panels.