p:remoteCommand update attribute VS p:commandButton update attribute? - jsf

I have the following block of code, when i update the "pickList" from the p:remoteCommand it gets updated.
<h:panelGrid columns="1">
<p:panel id="panel" header="Units"
style="margin-bottom:10px; background:#F3F2F2; margin-bottom:0px">
<p:pickList id="pickList"
value="#{AdminController.unitsPickListAll}" var="selectedUnit"
itemLabel="#{selectedUnit}" itemValue="#{selectedUnit}" />
</p:panel>
<h:panelGrid columns="1" styleClass="right-alignment">
<h:panelGroup>
<p:commandButton id="refereshButton" value="#{i18n.refresh}"
immediate="true" action="#{AdminController.getAllUnits}"
oncomplete="rc()" />
<h:outputText value="  " />
<p:commandButton id="saveButton" value="#{i18n.save}"
action="#{AdminController.updateUsedUnits}" />
</h:panelGroup>
</h:panelGrid>
</h:panelGrid>
<p:remoteCommand name="rc" update="panel" />
But when I use "update" attribute in the "refereshButton", the pickList does not get updated.
Below is the same code but without p:remoteCommand and with update attribute in refereshButton.
<h:panelGrid columns="1">
<p:panel id="panel" header="Units"
style="margin-bottom:10px; background:#F3F2F2; margin-bottom:0px">
<p:pickList id="pickList"
value="#{AdminController.unitsPickListAll}" var="selectedUnit"
itemLabel="#{selectedUnit}" itemValue="#{selectedUnit}" />
</p:panel>
<h:panelGrid columns="1" styleClass="right-alignment">
<h:panelGroup>
<p:commandButton id="refereshButton" value="#{i18n.refresh}"
immediate="true" action="#{AdminController.getAllUnits}"
update="pickList" />
<h:outputText value="  " />
<p:commandButton id="saveButton" value="#{i18n.save}"
action="#{AdminController.updateUsedUnits}" />
</h:panelGroup>
</h:panelGrid>
</h:panelGrid>
What this reason behind this behavior?

The reason you are getting different results is because you are doing different updates. You update panel from the remote command and pickList from the button.
Use update="panel" on your button to get the same result. This will also save you an Ajax request (and some server load).

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var="investigationOperation" chunkSize="9" lazy="true"
rowIndexVar="test">
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<h:outputText value="#{investigationOperation.shortDescription}"
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widgetVar="investigationDialogW" minWidth="400" minHeight="400"
resizable="false" position="center center" modal="true">
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<h:form id="investigationEditorForm">
<h:panelGrid columns="2" cellpadding="5">
<h:outputLabel for="name"
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<p:inputText
value="#{investigationManagerBackingBean.selection.name}"
id="name" required="true" immediate="true"
label="#{msg['inv-manager.invDialog.nameFieldInputLabel']}" />
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<h:outputLabel for="shortDescription"
value="#{msg['inv-manager.invDialog.shortDescriptionFieldLabel']}" />
<p:inplace id="shortDescriptionInplaceEditor" editor="true">
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value="#{investigationManagerBackingBean.selection.shortDescription}"
id="shortDescription" required="true" immediate="true"
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<h:outputLabel for="description"
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label="#{msg['inv-manager.invDialog.descriptionFieldInputLabel']}"
immediate="true"
value="#{investigationManagerBackingBean.selection.description}" />
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value="#{msg['inv-manager.invDialog.okButton']}" type="submit"
partialSubmit="true" process="investigationEditorForm"
action="#{investigationManagerBackingBean.createOrUpdate()}"
onclick="dlg.hide();" />
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</h:form>
</p:panel>
</p:dialog>
The backing bean is configured to be #ViewScoped and everything works as defined. However, upon update the values of the p:datascroller are reset and the load method of the lazy loading model is executed and the datascroller is repopulated with new values from the database.
I have no reference to the datascroller or its containing form in the p:dialog and am wondering why the datascroller is being updated automagically? What am I missing in the equation. Have I overlooked something or something specific to the p:datascroller model that I need to consider when following this approach?
Look forward to the expertise of the community in resolving this issue.
Many thanks in advance :)

how to reload p:dataGrid programmatically?

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now I want to reload the datagrid after subscription or unsubscription
I load the data of the grid like that
#PostConstruct
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getCurrentUserSubscritions();
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and here is the xhtml file
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>
<p:column>
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<h:panelGrid columns="2" style="width:100%">
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</h:panelGrid>
</p:panel>
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</h:form>
When an suscribe or unsuscribe action is completed, you should actualize the DataGrid trough its ID, it is, set an ID to the DataGrid and put such id in the update property of the buttons.
For example:
<p:dataGrid id="datalist" .../>
<p:commandButton action="#{packageView.Unsubscribe}" update="datalist" .../>
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update primefaces or jsf view after ajax call on submit button

I am trying to update a primefaces form (wizard-first step) after an ajax command button request with no success. The command button that makes the actual ajax call is on a dialog. I would like after submitting the request to force my view to refresh.
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...
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<f:facet name="header" >
<h:panelGroup layout="block" style="margin-top: 10px;" >
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...
<p:messages id="mainMessagesPanel" showDetail="true" closable="true" />
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<pe:masterDetailLevel level="1">
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Your datatable should be re-rendered properly, you would have gotten an exception otherwise (something like component with id :reviewManagerForm:protocolsDataTable could not be found).
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How to update component on clientside in primefaces?

I want to create add children button with dialog form feature.
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<p:panelGrid columns="2" >
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</h:form>
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I want that click on
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UPDATE
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Edit
You can process any values from the UI to the been too, by using:
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Example
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<h:inputText id="input"
value="#{bean.value}" />
<h:outputText id="output"
value="#{bean.value}" />
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update="output"
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Selecting Data (page 124)
indexed_primefaces_users_guide_3_5.pdf
http://www.primefaces.org/documentation.html
Here is the content
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<h:panelGrid id="display" columns="2">
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