Using recordWatch and $rootscope timing issue

[davilu]

Our team has a recordWatch on a widget that works great, but we also want to use rootscope to broadcast data to another widget and have something else update as well.  The issue we're running into is a delay in the updating and we're not sure how to mitigate it.  

Our Server Script looks like this:

	data.tasksCompleted = false;

	if (input && input.action === 'getTasks')
		getTasks(data.user_id);

	function getTasks(userId) {
		data.tasks = new sn_hr_core.hr_Task().getMyTasks(data.user_id);
		for (var i = data.tasks.length-1; i >= 0; i--) {
			var task = new sn_hr_sp.hr_TaskTicket().getTasks(data.tasks[i].sys_id, 'sn_hr_core_task');
			data.tasks[i].taskInfo = task;
			if(data.tasks[i].state == '3'){
				data.tasksCompleted=true;
			}
		}
	}

And here's our Client Script with the recordWatch:

	spUtil.recordWatch($scope, 'sn_hr_core_task', '',function(event,data){
		spUtil.update($scope);
		setTimeout(function(){ 
			$rootScope.$broadcast('onboardingCompletedTasks', $scope.data.tasksCompleted);  
		}, 5000);	
	});

We had to use a setTimeout with a 5 second delay in order for the other widget to receive the tasksCompleted flag and update accordingly.  Without the 5 second delay, the recordWatch works too fast and the other widget does not update at all.  Is there a way to make these things smoother?  Our current way works...but the user experience is terrible.

Any suggestions welcomed.  Thanks!

[davilu]

hmm that is a very good question...we're currently getting this to function by using ng-switch.  Do you know if this loads everything at once or only when clicked?  If it's the latter, do you have any suggestions on a different method?

Now that you bring that up, I'm pretty sure it's only loading when the corresponding tab is clicked...which would explain all of these $rootScope/recordWatch issues we're running into.

Thanks for your help!