Preload dashboard in playlist for smoother display

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Is there a way to make Grafana pre-load the next dashboard before displaying it in a playlist? I’ve just started working with playlists and this bugs me a little bit. Each time it loads the next dashboard, you can see each panel render one by one. It doesn’t take very long, maybe 50ms per panel, but with a lot of panels it’s very noticeable. This behavior is expected when opening a dashboard in a regular webpage. But when it’s part of a playlist, I was hoping to have a smoother transition.

I’m using Grafana Cloud with Prometheus.

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Unfortunately, Grafana doesn’t currently support pre-loading the next dashboard in a playlist to avoid the panel-by-panel render delay. However, you could try optimizing dashboard performance by reducing the number of panels, minimizing the complexity of queries, or using simpler visualizations to speed up load times. Another approach might be to consider using faster data sources or caching strategies, but this won’t fully eliminate the issue. Keep an eye on future Grafana updates, as this feature may be added.