Refresh data in scheduler view every n minutes without user interaction

[Anamika]

Hello,

 

I have a Kendo Scheduler bound to datatable dynamically. The user will have this view open whole day and would like to refresh the data in current view updated every 5/10 minutes as set in some Settings. The user do not Need to interact or refresh the page. Is there some property which i can use or any idea how to achieve a Server read automatically every n minutes and refresh current view.

 

Thanks

 

Anamika

[Ivan Danchev]

Hello Anamika,

You can call the Scheduler dataSource's read method every 5 or 10 min by using the setInterval method:

function readData() {
    var scheduler = $("#scheduler").data("kendoScheduler");
  scheduler.dataSource.read();
  scheduler.view(scheduler.view().name)
}

(function(){
 setInterval(function (){ readData();}, 300000);
})();

Dojo example in which the read method is called every 5 minutes (300000 milliseconds).

Regards,
Ivan Danchev
Progress Telerik

[Anamika]

Thanks Ivan

[Mike]

Is there a way to check to see if the custom editor is running (currently open) and only perform the refresh if it isn't open? Otherwise, if someone is in the middle of creating an event it will refresh and the editor closes.

Thanks,

Mike

[Ivan Danchev]

Hello Mike,

You can add the following condition, which checks whether the Scheduler's editor is open, to the readData function:

function readData() {
  var scheduler = $("#scheduler").data("kendoScheduler");

  if($(".k-scheduler-edit-form").length == 0) {
    scheduler.dataSource.read();
    scheduler.view(scheduler.view().name);
  }
}

Regards,
Ivan Danchev
Progress Telerik