Refresh Summary Folder dialog

Use this dialog to set the refresh date and time for a summary folder.

This dialog is also displayed as:

Summary Wizard: Step 4

Summary Wizard: Step 5

Summary Wizard: Step 6

Edit Summary dialog: Refresh tab

For more information about refreshing summary folders see:

"How does ASM work?"

"Why must you refresh summary data?"

"What happens when a summary folder is refreshed?"

For summary folders (based on Discoverer summary tables or materialized views) refreshed by Discoverer

For summary folders refreshed by Discoverer, you can decide whether to refresh the summary automatically. If so, you can specify the date and time and the interval that you want to repeat the refresh.

When was this summary folder last refreshed by Discoverer?

These read-only fields display the date and time of the last refresh.

Automatically refresh this summary folder, starting on:

Use this check box to specify the date, time and repeat period that you want to apply to the refresh of this summary folder.

For summary folders (based on external summary tables) refreshed by another application

For summary folders refreshed by another application (i.e. using external summary tables) , you can decide whether you want Discoverer to refresh the summary folder automatically, and if so you specify a date and time and the interval that you want to repeat the refresh.

Manage the refresh of this summary

Use this check box if you want Discoverer to manage the refresh of this summary folder.

Note: Be aware that if you use this option, you give Discoverer full control over the external summary table. For example, if you delete the summary folder that is based on a managed external summary, you also delete the external summary folder.

When was this summary last refreshed?

Date/Time

Use this field to enter the date and time the summary data was last refreshed. Discoverer uses this information to determine when summary folder data should be used.

Automatically refresh this summary folder, starting on:

Use this check box to specify the date, time and repeat period that you want to apply to the refresh of this summary folder.