First page performance

rbuser

I have a similar issue as the "report performance" message from 2005-05-
19...

D7E, RB7 (fully patched).

I perform a bunch of queries tied to live SQL dataset, then summarize the
data in a "memory only" CDS (not bound to DSP). I set indexfieldnames on
the CDS, do a cds.first, then dynamically create a form that has the
actual TppReport with typical setup of:

datamodule.cds - datamodule.ds - repForm.ppDBPipeline - repForm.ppReport

There is only one record in the CDS.

When I call ppReport1.Print, the standard report window appears, and a
message in status bar indicates "Calculating Page 1 for Report Report" -
it will sit there for 3-5 seconds then report data appears.

Is this normal behavior? If so is there a way to initialize report prior
to report window appearing. If not, any hint as to what it might be?

Cheers,
EdB

nicocizik

Hi Ed,

A number of items can contribute to the load time of a page in ReportBuilder
including data access, multiple complex calculations and image rendering.
Most times the bottle neck is with data access from your database or over a
network.

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Regards,

Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com

rbuser

Well, given that the data is a single record already loaded prior to
creating form/report - AND local to the workstation running the report...
I guess data access and network can be eliminated .

I ran with a number of records - first page takes 3-5 seconds, all
following pages show up after about 1/2 second. Does this help narrow
down where I can look to improve this? What about data settings within
the report - if I've set the pipeline property, is there any chance that
when report gets created it still tries to connect to something until a
timeout occurs?

Thanks,
EdB

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nicocizik

Hi Ed,

What type of data are you retrieving from your database? Which database are
you using? How are you connecting to this data? All ReportBuilder does is
retrieve a record from the connected dataset and spits it out on paper or on
screen. What does each page in your report consist of?

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Regards,

Nico Cizik
Digital Metaphors
http://www.digital-metaphors.com