The Challenge
You want to create a dashboard which will automatically refresh itself on a regular basis
The Solution
This is easily accomplishable using a SharePoint Web Part and little bit of scripting, JavaScript in this case, to be precise.
How to Accomplish This Task
Start by going to the page you want to edit, and begin editing the page (you will obviously have to have rights to do this).
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Add a Web Part to your page (you should already be in a mode like below).
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Choose the “Media and Content” Category, “Content Editor” Web Part, and add it to any part of the page (such as the “Header”).
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Select the web part and choose “Edit Web Part” from the drop down. A
menu will appear on the top right hand side of the page, you may need
to scroll over/up to find it.
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Set the Title to “Refresh the Web Page”.
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Set the Chrome Type to “None”.
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Click OK to accept those changes. Then you need to add the script to
the web page. To do this, you start by clicking in the section “Click
here to add new content”.
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A cursor will appear in the content area, however, don’t type
anything in the content area, instead simply go to the ribbon and under
Editing Tools -> Format Text, select the HTML drop down, and choose
“Edit HTML Source”.
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In the HTML Source box, enter the following JavaScript code.
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<script type="text/javascript">
function refreshPage()
{
window.location = window.location;
}
setTimeout(refreshPage, 300000);
</script>
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Basically, this script is calling a function after 5 minutes (1000
milliseconds * 60 seconds * 5 minutes = 300000 – this can be any value
you choose, just do the math right), which will refresh the page
(without showing the annoying, “Are you sure you want to resubmit this
page” message that appears in IE when using “window.location.reload”).
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Finally, stop editing the page and you will be all done.
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Your page should now have a hidden Web Part which will refresh the page every 5 minutes (or whatever number you should choose). |
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