Refresh Data

[EdwinStraver]

Hi All,

Is there a way to capture/detect data changes on the dashboard in the add-in?

Thanks!

[benlower]

@EdwinStraver We will add support for eventing which will enable things like getting the data of marks that were clicked or selected...so you have all the data, user clicks or selects or filters and then you can get just the data for any of those marks. can you please share more specifics about what/how you'd like to get the changes?

[EdwinStraver]

Well, we plan to perform optimization/simulation techniques to models that we let the user create and turn into add-ins. These models are driven by the data coming from the sheets. So, when the data changes, (for example, the user filters something on a sheet, we would like to be called with some "refresh" event so we can rerun our calculations. So it sounds like the eventing that you will support will suffice.

[benlower]

Yes you will be able to do that with a future update to the APIs. Thx for clarifying your scenario.