Insights Explorer settings

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title: Insights Explorer settings
description: You can configure Insights Explorer settings to control for example, the refresh frequency or the display of related records.
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# Insights Explorer settings

You can configure Insights Explorer settings to control for example, the refresh frequency or the display of related records.

Click the cog **Settings** icon to open the Application settings dialog box.

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Setting

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Description

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Refresh interval

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Enable and set the frequency for refreshing metrics data on the Insights Explorer.

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Indicators

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Enable any indicator to display related records such as incidents or problems for CIs. The respective icon displays on the timeline in the metric chart, indicating the number of records for the CI.A toggle is available only if the **Active in Metrics** field is selected on the Map Indicator form for the respective table. For example, the **Incident** toggle is available only if **Active in Metrics** is selected on the Map Indicator form for the incident \[Incident\] table.

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