Server Caching?

[CaptainEon]

When you enable server Caching in an app, how does it work? There are some answers I couldn’t find.

1. How and when does the cache get updated?

2. How does a user flush the cache to forces an update in data?

3. How long is the cache kept?

My experience with most Caching is that it’s generally not intelligent and delivers out if date data for a long time like the CDN does!

[Steve]

@CaptainEon

How and when does the cache get updated?

The cache is populated the first time the app is loaded by the AppSheet server. The cache is freshened at a fixed interval thereafter. I’m not sure what the interval is, but I want to say 15 minutes or an hour?

@CaptainEon

How does a user flush the cache to forces an update in data?

Not possible.

@CaptainEon

How long is the cache kept?

See above.

@CaptainEon

My experience with most Caching is that it’s generally not intelligent and delivers out if date data for a long time

That is the case with AppSheet.

[CaptainEon]

Excellent as usual