MS CRM - Bulk Transactions Suck
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We have just replaced an ancient Ingres system with a shiny new (custom) MS CRM install that integrates with our website and does other neat things. I have a question about MS CRM though, do bulk transactions suck, or is it just us? Trying to set up a simple workflow that should generate a CSV file and update one row per transaction. Test case involves 4000 records. Looks like this will take 9 hours! Does this sound right? Anyone used this steaming pile of ...?
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We have just replaced an ancient Ingres system with a shiny new (custom) MS CRM install that integrates with our website and does other neat things. I have a question about MS CRM though, do bulk transactions suck, or is it just us? Trying to set up a simple workflow that should generate a CSV file and update one row per transaction. Test case involves 4000 records. Looks like this will take 9 hours! Does this sound right? Anyone used this steaming pile of ...?
9 hours? How big are each record? No, it does not sound right.
“If you think you are worth what you know, you are very wrong. Your knowledge today does not have much value beyond a couple of years. Your value is what you can learn and how easily you can adapt to the changes this profession brings so often.”-– Jose M. Aguilar
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9 hours? How big are each record? No, it does not sound right.
“If you think you are worth what you know, you are very wrong. Your knowledge today does not have much value beyond a couple of years. Your value is what you can learn and how easily you can adapt to the changes this profession brings so often.”-– Jose M. Aguilar
We are using the Contact, Invoice and Letter entities in the above workflow. There are a few customisations to the Contact entity and the Invoice entity has been renamed to Fee. This workflow is just a example of what seems to be a consistent issue with our setup. All bulk data manipulation feels like it is a factor of 10 (at least) too slow.
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We are using the Contact, Invoice and Letter entities in the above workflow. There are a few customisations to the Contact entity and the Invoice entity has been renamed to Fee. This workflow is just a example of what seems to be a consistent issue with our setup. All bulk data manipulation feels like it is a factor of 10 (at least) too slow.
You may find some answers here: http://blogs.msdn.com/crm/archive/2009/10/20/troubleshooting-microsoft-dynamics-crm.aspx[^]
“If you think you are worth what you know, you are very wrong. Your knowledge today does not have much value beyond a couple of years. Your value is what you can learn and how easily you can adapt to the changes this profession brings so often.”-– Jose M. Aguilar
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You may find some answers here: http://blogs.msdn.com/crm/archive/2009/10/20/troubleshooting-microsoft-dynamics-crm.aspx[^]
“If you think you are worth what you know, you are very wrong. Your knowledge today does not have much value beyond a couple of years. Your value is what you can learn and how easily you can adapt to the changes this profession brings so often.”-– Jose M. Aguilar