In this article, we'll show how to add a Card visualisation to a custom report showing the date and time the database was last refreshed. This makes clear to any report viewer, exactly how current the data is.
How often does the reports database refresh?
- The report database refreshes twice every 24 hours
- A time stamp showing the most recent database refresh is shown in every fixed report
- The 'database refresh' time stamp can also be added to a user-created report
- The 'database refresh' time stamp displays in GMT/BST time
- Each Dataset is refreshed individually, so the time stamp may differ between reports using different Datasets
- When a fixed report and a user-created report are built using the same dataset, the time stamp will be the same
Steps to add 'database last refresh date and time' to a report
- Start a new User-created report or open an existing report
- From the Visualisations panel, select 'Card visualisation'. An empty Card will be added to the report:
- Check that the Card visualisation is still the selected item on the page. Add the data 'Last refresh date & time with text':
- Select 'Format visual':
- Select 'Callout value'. Use the formatting options to amend the text as required:
- Toggle the 'Category label' to 'Off':
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