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Vol. I · No. 251
Mon · 8 Jun
A Daily Lexicon of Trustworthy Data
The Lexicon

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refresh cadence

/rɪˈfrɛʃ ˈkeɪ.dəns/ - n.

1 [colloq.] How often the numbers change, set independently of how often anyone looks.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. The scheduled interval at which a report's underlying data is reloaded and recomputed.

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See also
  • dashboardA wall of charts no one is assigned to act on.
  • data freshnessThe timestamp everyone trusts and no one checks.
  • real-time dashboardTerm struck pending the definition of the decision its latency serves; until a choice depends on the second, real-time is a refresh rate, not a requirement.