Prohibit auto data refresh/reload

[ThomasGorr]

Hi All!

I need to prohibit automatic data refresh/reload in my extension after Qlik Sense data relaod task.

Excursion:

If nothing had changed in my data yet, nothing will happen after Qlik Sense data reload.

But if some of the data get new values, Qlik Sense automatically reloads the whole app, including each chart-/extension- object.

I need to prohibit this process: Let's say that I want to freeze/lock the old data state and get the new state by clicking an unlock-button.

Do you have any idea to do this? Maybe there is a way by using the engine-API?

Regards for your help!

[fabian3684386]

i also require similar thing for extension to freeze and not get reloaded when the extension itself uses the selection api to make changes to avoid making changes in loops but couldnt figure out how by now. anyone with a solution attempt?

[alex_colombo]

Hey @ThomasGorr this is not possible. This is part of the product and when you fresh data are available, then all the charts will be refreshed.

What you are describing to me, it is a kind of slowly changing dimension requirement, where your data will have multiple snapshots for each day, week, month, etc. With this in place, you can select a particular from-to date and see the status of your data at that specific snapshot, and when new data will be loaded, your current snapshot doesn't change. You can understand bettere this topic having a look here.