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agoralewski
Community Manager
2 years ago
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Fact or Fiction? Changing the "Is Consolidated" option on parent Entities will impact consolidation

Changing the "Is Consolidated" option on parent Entities will impact consolidation performance.

Question Credit: Jack Lacava

Is this statement fact or fiction?

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* This question is applicable to Platform 7.3.0 and may not be relevant to future releases

Fact or Fiction Trivia
  • agoralewski's avatar
    agoralewski
    2 years ago

    Fact!

    a consolidated Entity will generate a substantial number of database records, as well as running more calculations. The option should be set to True only where necessary for reporting purposes.

  • RobbSalzmann's avatar
    RobbSalzmann
    Valued Contributor II
    2 years ago

    Changing the number of entities that consolidate will impact performance -  I say Fact

  • MikeG's avatar
    MikeG
    Contributor III
    2 years ago

    Fact - There is an impact if you turn off consolidation on a Parent Entity.

  • SeanV's avatar
    SeanV
    New Contributor III
    2 years ago

    Performance or length of time of Consolidation?

  • agoralewski's avatar
    agoralewski
    Community Manager
    2 years ago

    Fact!

    a consolidated Entity will generate a substantial number of database records, as well as running more calculations. The option should be set to True only where necessary for reporting purposes.