I have a step that contains some tables showing different kinds of information using queries. One table showing only records with a date later than the current date keeps refreshing and this visually bothers the user, I believe - please, correct me if I’m mistaken - it blinks every second because the query checks again after every second (smallest Unit of time in Tulip ?). Whereas, the other table which contains only a string comparison query doesn’t blink at all.
Is there a way to decrease the refresh rate (One blink/refresh every 30 seconds instead of every second), or ideally stop seeing the blinking ?
You’re totally right. The process of actually pulling the query takes a fraction of a second, so the table will flash as it reloads. Queries will always automatically run when their filters change, but what we can do is filter on a time variable that we update less frequently than every second. To implement this, I would:
On step enter, store the current time to a variable (I will call it filter_time)
Add a timer trigger, set it to run every 30 seconds, and have it store the current date and time to the filter_time variable. When this trigger runs the query will update.
