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.
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.
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.
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?
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.