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When the parameters/tiles on a real-time dashboard are updating, a moving icon shows up indicating the update is in progress. When a refresh rate is configured, this happens for all tiles/parameters at the same time. When the refresh rate is set to "continuous" it is even more annoying as you will see "updating", followed by "updated as of less than a minute a go", and straight after that it switches back to "updating".
This results in a lot of movement on the dashboard distracting customers without adding any value.
Customer should be triggered when the value of a tile changes (conditional formatting can be used for this), not when the update status of the tile/parameter itself changes.
The text indicating when the tile was updated is useful (especially in case of failures), but the "updating" spinners should be removed to make the dashboard calmer for the eye.
If an indicator is required for whatever reason, leave out the spinner icons and simply show "updating" without a spinner next to it.
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