# Livestream with an option to to init with "last recieved data point"

**URL:** <https://forums.losant.com/t/livestream-with-an-option-to-to-init-with-last-recieved-data-point/4321>\
**Category:** Feature Request\
**Tags:** dashboard, gauge, gauge-block\
**Created:** [January 12, 2022, 10:39pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/livestream-with-an-option-to-to-init-with-last-recieved-data-point/4321 "2022-01-12T22:39:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Wesley\_Manning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ba8739/32.png) [@Wesley\_Manning](https://forums.losant.com/u/Wesley_Manning)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2022, 10:39pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/livestream-with-an-option-to-to-init-with-last-recieved-data-point/4321/1 "2022-01-12T22:39:14Z")

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This was brought up before:

> [@Trigger dashboard page refresh from workflow](https://forums.losant.com/t/trigger-dashboard-page-refresh-from-workflow/2065/5):
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> @JuliaKempf Actually the livestream might be interesting. The only downside is on the initial load it will show “waiting for data”. How about a way to force the state to update on that initial load and then let the live stream take over?

Don’t see feature request for it.

We have a button users can click to manually request a data update in addition to or in place of the device regularly transmitting data. We don’t get in data often enough to use live streaming so the gauge would always show “waiting for data” for quite some time before the data comes in which does not look nice for users.

Live streaming is attractive as the user doesn’t have to wait the 5s for the dashboard to refresh when they manually request a data update by clicking a button.

It would be nice to have an option to init the gauge using the last received data point when the dashboard is first created (say when the user refreshes the browser window).

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**Author:** ![Dylan\_Schuster](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.losant.com/dylan_schuster/32/2850_2.png) [@Dylan\_Schuster](https://forums.losant.com/u/Dylan_Schuster)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2022, 1:12pm UTC](https://forums.losant.com/t/livestream-with-an-option-to-to-init-with-last-recieved-data-point/4321/2 "2022-01-13T13:12:14Z")

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Yes, we’ve had this feature request before, and I agree with you - particularly in your use case where it sounds like devices report not very often - that it would be great to send the last received data point to populate the gauge when the live stream is opened. I’m putting a +1 on the request. Thanks for the input.