Index: dashboard.scm
==================================================================
--- dashboard.scm
+++ dashboard.scm
@@ -472,11 +472,13 @@
 ;; gets all the tests for run-id that match testnamepatt and key-vals, merges them
 ;;
 ;;    NOTE: Yes, this is used
 ;;
 (define (dboard:get-tests-for-run-duplicate tabdat run-id run testnamepatt key-vals)
-  (let* ((num-to-get  100)
+  (let* ((num-to-get  (let ((n (configf:lookup *configdat* "dashboard" "num-to-get")))
+			(if n (string->number n)
+			    30)))
 	 (states      (hash-table-keys (dboard:tabdat-state-ignore-hash tabdat)))
 	 (statuses    (hash-table-keys (dboard:tabdat-status-ignore-hash tabdat)))
 	 (sort-info   (get-curr-sort))
 	 (sort-by     (vector-ref sort-info 1))
 	 (sort-order  (vector-ref sort-info 2))
@@ -514,11 +516,11 @@
 			 (let ((ht (make-hash-table)))
 			   (dboard:rundat-tests-set! run-dat ht)
 			   ht)
 			 (dboard:rundat-tests run-dat)))
 	 (start-time (current-seconds)))
-
+    ;; (dashboard:set-db-update-time tabdat) ;; indicate that we did read the db at this time
     ;; to limit the amount of data transferred each cycle use limit of num-to-get and offset
     (dboard:rundat-run-data-offset-set! 
      run-dat 
      (if (< (length tmptests) num-to-get)
 	 0
@@ -1453,11 +1455,11 @@
                                    db-pth)))
                (tests-dat    (if (or (not run-id)
                                      (configf:lookup *configdat* "setup" "do-not-use-db-file-timestamps")
                                      (not (hash-table-exists? (dboard:tabdat-last-test-dat tabdat) run-id))
                                      (>= (file-modification-time db-path) last-update))
-                                 (dboard:get-tests-dat tabdat run-id last-update)
+                                 (dboard:get-tests-dat tabdat run-id 0) ;; last-update) ;; DO NOT USE last-update yet. Need to redesign this to use dboard:get-tests-for-run-duplicate
                                  (hash-table-ref (dboard:tabdat-last-test-dat tabdat) run-id)))
                (tests-mindat (dcommon:minimize-test-data tests-dat))
                (indices      (common:sparse-list-generate-index tests-mindat)) ;;  proc: set-cell))
                (row-indices  (cadr indices))
                (col-indices  (car indices))

Index: dcommon.scm
==================================================================
--- dcommon.scm
+++ dcommon.scm
@@ -411,10 +411,11 @@
 						      (apply max (map cadr col-indices))))
 				    (max-visible  (max (- (dboard:tabdat-num-tests tabdat) 15) 3))
 				    (max-col-vis  (if (> max-col 10) 10 max-col))
 				    (numrows      1)
 				    (numcols      1))
+			       (dashboard:set-db-update-time tabdat)
 			       (iup:attribute-set! stats-matrix "CLEARVALUE" "CONTENTS")
 			       (iup:attribute-set! stats-matrix "NUMCOL" max-col )
 			       (iup:attribute-set! stats-matrix "NUMLIN" (if (< max-row max-visible) max-visible max-row)) ;; min of 20
 			       (iup:attribute-set! stats-matrix "NUMCOL_VISIBLE" max-col-vis)
 			       (iup:attribute-set! stats-matrix "NUMLIN_VISIBLE" (if (> max-row max-visible) max-visible max-row))