If you have a slow back-end data connection and your dashboard is loading slowly, you can choose to load the filters first, specify their settings, and then manually load the visuals. This section explains how to use the Visual
To enable manual refresh of visuals in a dashboard, see Enabling Manual Refresh for Visuals on Dashboard.
Follow these steps to manually refresh visuals in a dashboard:
Notice that only the filter widget appears on the dashboard without any visuals. To view visuals, click Refresh Visuals on the top right corner of the dashboard.
Let us add year 1901 to the filter. As soon as we change the filter, notice that the filter refreshes to show both the values 1900, 1901 but the visual does not refresh. The year column continues to show only 1900 values. Also, notice that the Refresh Visuals option again appears on the top right corner of the dashboard.
To render the updated visual, click Refresh Visuals. Notice that the year column now shows the updated values, 1900 and 1901.