LONG-RUNNING ACTIONS IN SMART TEMPLATE LIST REPORTS

A method of performing list report actions, the method including receiving an indication of a selection of one or more list report cells on a list report user interface, identifying the one or more selected list report cells, providing a cell busy visual indicator for display on the user interface for each selected list report cell, communicating to a backend process identifying information for each selected list report cell, waiting for a response from the backend process, continuing end user access to non-selected cells of the list report user interface during the waiting step, if a response is received from the backend process, then removing the cell busy visual indicator from each selected cell, and updating respective cells with content from the response, and providing end user access to the selected one or more cells after the update. A system and a non-transitory computer-readable medium are also disclosed.