One of the greatest features of SalesForce.com is its Dashboards.

If you used Dashboards before, most likely you are familiar with the feeling that something in the data seems fishy. But then you realize it: “Oh, I need to refresh it!”

Well, NO MORE!

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So how to Auto Refresh Your Homepage Dashboards?

 

This TIP will help keep your Dashboards refreshing with the up to date information.

  1. Go to the setup menu

 

 

 

 

 

  1. Click customize, Home, Homepage Components

 

  1. Edit Messages and Alert

 

 

  1. insert the below code anywhere in the data entry box:

 

 

<script type=”text/javascript”> var run; function sa_refresh() { var dashboardButton = document.getElementById(“db_ref_btn”); dashboardButton.click() } setTimeout(sa_refresh, 5000); //Runs the Refresh function every 5 minutes using Milliseconds (1minute = 60000) run = setInterval(sa_refresh,300000); </script>

 

 

  1. That’s it! Your Homepage Dashboards will refresh every time you click the home tab or every 5 minutes