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Turn Automatic Updates to the Report Preview On or Off

Turn Automatic Updates to the Report Preview On or Off

Edit reports faster by turning off automatic preview updates. When off, you can make multiple edits without waiting for the preview to refresh after each edit. When you’re ready to preview data, manually refresh the report preview. Or, see sample records returned after each edit by keeping automatic previews on.

Required Editions

Available in: Lightning Experience
Available in: Essentials, Group, Professional, Enterprise, Performance, Unlimited, and Developer Editions
User Permissions Needed
To turn automatic updates to the report preview on or off while editing a report saved in a private folder: Create and Customize Reports
To turn automatic updates to the report preview on or off while editing a report saved in a private or public folder: Report Builder OR Report Builder (Lightning Experience)

To turn automatic preview updates on or off flip the Update Preview Automatically switch on or off.

  1. Edit or create a report.
  2. Click Update Preview Automatically. The switch switches on or off.

    When on, the report preview updates automatically after each edit you make to the report.

    When off, a message tells you whether the preview shows your most recent edits and provides the option to refresh the preview. When hiding recent edits, the preview turns gray.

    A report with edits hidden from the preview pane
  3. To refresh out-of-date data, click Refresh (1).
    The preview refresh button

The preview reloads to show your edits.

A report showing the latest edits

The Update Preview Automatically switch doesn’t affect the report run page.

 
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