added refresh interval settings to the main kibana nav bar, config directive makes the configObject available by it's name on it's iso scope

src/index.html

@@ -20,7 +20,17 @@
             <a href="#/{{app.id}}">{{app.name}}</a>
           </li>
         </ul>
+        <ul class="nav navbar-nav pull-right">
+          <li>
+            <a ng-click="configure()"><i class="fa fa-gear"></i></a>
+          </li>
+        </ul>
       </nav>
+      <config
+        config-template="configureTemplateUrl"
+        config-object="opts"
+        config-submit="saveOpts">
+      </config>
       <div class="application" kbn-view></div>
 
       <!-- Required to be able to stretch the -->

src/kibana/controllers/kibana.js

@@ -2,16 +2,70 @@ define(function (require) {
   var angular = require('angular');
   var _ = require('lodash');
   var $ = require('jquery');
+  var moment = require('moment');
 
   require('services/config');
   require('services/courier');
 
   angular
     .module('kibana/controllers')
-    .controller('kibana', function ($scope, courier, configFile) {
+    .controller('kibana', function ($scope, courier, config, configFile) {
       $scope.apps = configFile.apps;
       $scope.activeApp = '';
 
+      $scope.opts = {
+        activeFetchInterval: void 0,
+        fetchIntervals: [
+          { display: '5s', val: 5000 },
+          { display: '10s', val: 10000 },
+          { display: '30s', val: 30000 },
+          { display: '1m', val: 60000 },
+          { display: '5m', val: 300000 },
+          { display: '15m', val: 900000 },
+          { display: '30m', val: 1.8e+6 },
+          { display: '1h', val: 3.6e+6 },
+          { display: '2h', val: 7.2e+6 },
+          { display: '1d', val: 8.64e+7 }
+        ]
+      };
+
+      $scope.configure = function () {
+        $scope.configureTemplateUrl = 'kibana/partials/global_config.html';
+      };
+
+      /**
+       * Persist current settings
+       * @return {[type]} [description]
+       */
+      $scope.saveOpts = function () {
+        config.set('refreshInterval', $scope.opts.activeFetchInterval.val);
+      };
+
+      $scope.setFetchInterval = function (option) {
+        var opts = $scope.opts;
+
+        if (option && typeof option !== 'object') {
+          var val = option;
+          option = _.find($scope.opts.fetchIntervals, { val: val });
+          if (!option) {
+            // create a custom option for this value
+            option = { display: moment.duration(val).humanize(), val: val };
+            $scope.opts.unshift(option);
+          }
+        }
+
+        if (option === opts.activeFetchInterval) return;
+        opts.activeFetchInterval = option;
+
+        if (option) {
+          courier.fetchInterval(option.val);
+        } else {
+          courier.stop();
+        }
+      };
+      config.$watch('refreshInterval', $scope.setFetchInterval);
+      $scope.$watch('opts.activeFetchInterval', $scope.setFetchInterval);
+
       $scope.$on('application.load', function () {
         courier.start();
       });

src/kibana/directives/config.js

@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ define(function (require) {
         configSubmit: '=',
         configObject: '='
       },
-      link: function ($scope) {
+      link: function ($scope, element, attr) {
+        $scope[attr.configObject] = $scope.configObject;
         $scope.close = function () {
           if (_.isFunction($scope.configClose)) $scope.configClose();
           $scope.configTemplate = undefined;