# CANVAS QUERY DEFAULT IS MANUALLY REFRESH? **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Tags:** canvas\ **Created:** [November 6, 2023, 6:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/canvas-query-default-is-manually-refresh/346493 "2023-11-06T06:26:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anh\_Nguyen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/anh_nguyen/32/98119_2.png) [@Anh\_Nguyen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Anh_Nguyen)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 6:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/canvas-query-default-is-manually-refresh/346493/1 "2023-11-06T06:26:34Z")
Hi, I have built some canvas with much of CSS and heavy element inside (query, gif,...). I wonder when the canvas do some query to Elasticsearch and if it default is manually refresh (It will not refresh or do any query until I reload/refresh it). And what difference between "Auto refresh settings" and "Autoplay settings" in View tab? I did not found the orginal document about this. Thanks for reading my post. ---
**Author:** ![carly.richmond](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/carly.richmond/32/104935_2.png) [@carly.richmond](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carly.richmond)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 5:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/canvas-query-default-is-manually-refresh/346493/2 "2023-11-06T17:07:58Z")
Hi @Anh_Nguyen, Welcome back! I believe the difference is the autoplay settings are for the presentation options, but refresh is for the rate of refreshing the data from Elasticsearch. That's what's suggested from [this portion of the documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/canvas-present-workpad.html). Hope that helps! ---
**Author:** ![Anh\_Nguyen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/anh_nguyen/32/98119_2.png) [@Anh\_Nguyen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Anh_Nguyen)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 1:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/canvas-query-default-is-manually-refresh/346493/3 "2023-11-07T01:21:29Z")
Thankyou. About the canvas query: Is the canvas do some query to Elasticsearch and if it default is manually refresh (It will not refresh or do any query until I reload/refresh it). I am finding why my "search.query\_current" always have running/pending search while I am not make any query. ---
**Author:** ![Anh\_Nguyen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/anh_nguyen/32/98119_2.png) [@Anh\_Nguyen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Anh_Nguyen)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 2:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/canvas-query-default-is-manually-refresh/346493/4 "2023-11-07T02:31:21Z")
And is it do auto-refresh when I do not open the canvas/dashboard? ---
**Author:** ![carly.richmond](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/carly.richmond/32/104935_2.png) [@carly.richmond](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carly.richmond)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2023, 9:57am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/canvas-query-default-is-manually-refresh/346493/5 "2023-11-07T09:57:30Z")
Can you share what refresh settings you have and the query you are running in the background? It might be a long running query that is causing the issue. ---
**Author:** ![Anh\_Nguyen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/anh_nguyen/32/98119_2.png) [@Anh\_Nguyen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Anh_Nguyen)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 3:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/canvas-query-default-is-manually-refresh/346493/6 "2023-11-08T03:17:48Z")
Not the issue with the system. I want to know the settings default is that if the canvas auto-refresh enable when not opening or opening canvas workpad. ---
**Author:** ![carly.richmond](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/carly.richmond/32/104935_2.png) [@carly.richmond](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carly.richmond)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 10:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/canvas-query-default-is-manually-refresh/346493/7 "2023-11-09T10:21:30Z")
I would check the settings on your own workpad, but I think the settings by default are manual for both refresh and autoplay. This means the data won't auto-update. But you can specify a refresh interval using the below options: ![Screenshot 2023-11-09 at 10.19.11](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/d/b/db8e351027c8a5b8dff6d01505a6d86ca1b42743.png) Note I'm using 8.10 to check. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2023, 10:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/canvas-query-default-is-manually-refresh/346493/8 "2023-12-07T10:22:19Z")
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