##Client-side Live Updates
With 370,000 rows of user data to maintain, it is an impossible task to keep every record updated up to the minute.
To mitigate relatively stale data on volatile fields such as last_access_date,
StackUsers offers optional client-side updates of results using Soapi.JS2.
You must opt in by either clicking the Enable Live Update button or ticking the appropriate check box in your account info page.
How it works
When Live Updates are enabled, as data is fetched for the grid, it is preprocessed and fresh data is pulled from the api by your browser using Soapi.JS2.
Differences are indexed and the dataset is presented in the grid.
Both datasets are available for viewing and fields that have changed are indicated by a visual cue.
A mouseover tooltip will present the previous and current values.
You may toggle the datasets, as shown below, by clicking the Show Live Data button.
CSV export is aware and will produce data for the current grid view.
NOTE: Sorting is server-side and is not aware of the client side live updates (yet?) so if the Show Live Data mode is active it is the underlying dataset that is being sorted and the visible results may not appear to be sorted. Just an FYI.
From Database
With Live Updates
Convenient Tooltips
Details
You may monitor all requests issued by Soapi.JS2 by opening the StackUsers Client Log window.
All requests are batched to make the client side processing economical and fast.
The dot next to the Soapi icon acts as a visual cue as to the current state of client side processing.
All site data and site icons are cached and served from StackUsers to mitigate load on the API server(s?) as well as reducing rate-limit consumption.
