Eric, Thank you for a GREAT idea! Put the field on an un-used view.
Frederick, what we are doing is creating a change log showing who changed what fields and when. So "On Modify" a filter queries the database to get the present values, and write these into the disply-only fields. There is a separate filter for each field, and if that field has changed, the filter writes a line to the log showing the old and new value. Is there a better way to do this? I should probably ask that question in a different thread. Thanks both of you, Dwayne ---- Original message ---- Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 15:05:25 +0000 From: "Roys, Eric D" <eric.r...@verizonbusiness.com> Subject: RE: How long does it take to display a display-only field? To: marti...@jmu.edu Dwayne, If the fields are temp fields only used for workflow processing and the user will never see them, you can put them on a separate view of the form. By doing so they will still be accessible to workflow but will not impact load time. There is a caveat with this approach as either table fields or attachments still need to be on the displayed view (sorry been awhile so I don't recall which). An example of this approach was taking the OTB Help Desk form, moving all temp fields to a new view (call it temp or whatever). This took load time from nearly 1.5 minutes to 30 seconds in a shared development/uat environment (2 instances on a single host). HTH, Kind Regards, Eric Roys Sr. Sales Engineer Application Solutions Group Verizon Business We solve complex business problems with advanced technology. * Custom Solutions and Applications * Complex Systems Integration * Non-standard Hosting Services ************** Date: Wed 10 Jun 11:29:43 EDT 2009 From: "Grooms, Frederick W" <frederick.w.gro...@xo.com> Add To Address Book | This is Not Spam Subject: Re: How long does it take to display a display-only field? To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG That's a real guess, but it could take anywhere from 1/2 a second to several seconds depending on what you have to do to fill each field. (and if they are lookups is the data indexed for the lookup) Also are you going to fill them by client side Active Links or serve side Get Filters? Fred > >-----Original Message----- >From: Action Request System discussion list(ARSList) >[mailto:arsl...@arslist.org] On Behalf Of Dwayne Martin >Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2009 9:59 AM >To: arslist@ARSLIST.ORG >Subject: How long does it take to display a display-only field? > >Dear List, > >We are considering an operation that will mean adding 50 display-only >fields to a form. This means that the system will need to gather info >on each field before it can display a record. > >About how long would that take, and would there be any benefit to making >the fields hidden? > >Obviously it depends on the speed of the PC and whether or not we are >using the User tool or Mid-Tier, but can anyone give us a ruff ball-park >guess? > >Dwayne Martin >James Madison University > >________________________________________________________________________ >_______ >UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum >Sponsor:rmisoluti...@verizon.net ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are" _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org Platinum Sponsor:rmisoluti...@verizon.net ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"
