Automatic Refresh

[citapinc]

Is there an addon for SugarCRM CE 6 that will automatically refresh the screen every 30 seconds while in list views?

[eggsurplus]

There is something like that for dashlets on the home page but not for the list view.

[citapinc]

You're right and I used the wrong term there. I meant Dashlets.

I see that there is a refresh button they can press, but I'm looking for a way to have the screen refresh automatically when a dashlet is updated with new data. In fact the client would live to have the Dashlet flash or turn red when new data is automatically updated.

[eggsurplus]

In the recent versions if you click on the dashlet edit icon you'll see an "Auto-Refresh" option that you can set. It doesn't highlight the changes but it will refresh the dashlet without having to manually click the refresh button.

The challenge with highlighting changes is that it constantly refreshes. For example, if you have it set to 1 minute and leave your computer for 5 minutes you may have 1 new record at minute 1. Lets say it shows up in bold. Now at minute 2 it no longer shows in bold as there are 2 new records on this minute. When you come back at minute 5 the system can't tell accurately what you as a user have or have not seen. The only way is to have some sort of "read" flag but that would only be set if you go to the detail/edit view of the record which would be annoying to have to do as a user.

[rafael.q.g@hotmail.com]

Is possible to include some javascript function at your page that call the function setInterval with the desired period. The function called by set interval could reload your page.

function refresh(){
  window.location=window.location;
}

setInterval("refresh()",30000);