In case you have two dashboard with the same variable name with different values in it (common practice).
When switching dashboards using the “browse” options - the variable value doesn’t change event though the dashboard does (you are seeing dashboard B with values appropriate for DashboardA). Refresh of the browser solves the issue.
Seems like a critical bug (leads to people making wrong conclusions)!
To reproduce:
- Create DashboardA with a variable var=‘A’ (display the value in a text box)
- Create DashboardB with a variable var=‘B’
- Browse back to DashboardA var value is still ‘B’ (till you will refresh the browser)