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title: Configure Platform Analytics dashboard tab cache timeout
description: Dashboard content isn’t refreshed every time a user navigates between tabs. You can configure the number of minutes that dashboard tab content is cached before it's refreshed.
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# Configure Platform Analytics dashboard tab cache timeout

Dashboard content isn’t refreshed every time a user navigates between tabs. You can configure the number of minutes that dashboard tab content is cached before it's refreshed.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to `sys_properties.list`.

2.  Open the property **next\_experience.dashboard.tab.timeout**.

    This property is enabled by default.

3.  Edit the value.

    The default number of minutes after which tab content is refreshed is 20.

4.  Select `Update`.