Maybe I am misunderstanding you, but you can find the code exactly in the place shown in SteffenR-'s screenshot. The first step sets the view request, the second one resets it after half a second.
By the way: The blinking misbehavior has been fixed in Control plus HMI V5.8.3: Now, the Functions tab doesn't blink anymore when requesting a status tile. Instead, when leaving the status page while the status tile is being requested, the status tab will blink.
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