Ledger Enquires – Performance Tuning
Over time as transaction sizes grow within the Datafile system, displaying transaction lists in LIFO sequence may take longer.
Some common ways to improve performance are as follows:
Ledger Enquiry
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Function
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Recommended Action
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Sales Account
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Transactions
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Create a Secondary Index on the "ACCOUNT” field in the Sales Ledger Transactions (SLT) table.
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Invoices
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Set the Database Profiles to store the last Invoice document number in the Sales Ledger Account Table (SLA) and then re-index the Invoice file.
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Sales Orders
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Create a Secondary Index on the "ACCOUNT” field in the Sales Order Header (SOH) table.
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Purchase Account
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Transactions
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Create a Secondary Index on the "ACCOUNT” field in the Purchase Ledger Transactions (PLT) table.
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Invoices
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Set the Database Profiles to store the last Invoice document number in the Purchase Ledger Account Table (PLA) and then re-index the Invoice file.
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Purchase Orders
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Create a Secondary Index on the "ACCOUNT” field in the Purchase Order Header (POH) table
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Stock Record
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Transactions
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Create a Secondary Index on the "Stock-Code” field in the Stock Transactions (STT) table.
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Sales Orders
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Create a Secondary Index on the "Stock” field in the Sales Order Details (SOD) table.
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Purchase Orders
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Create a Secondary Index on the "Stock” field in the Purchase Order Details (POD) table.
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Works Orders
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Create a Secondary Index on the "Stock” field in the Works Order Header (WOH) table.
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Job Record
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Costs
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Create a Secondary Index on the "JOB-CODE” field in the Job Costing Transactions (JCT) table.
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Purchase Orders
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Create a Secondary Index on the "JOB-CODE” field in the Purchase Order Detail (POD) table.
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Sales Orders
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Create a Secondary Index on the "JOB-CODE” field in the Sales Order Detail (SOD) table.
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Sales Order
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Details
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Create a Secondary Index on the "ORDER-REF” field in the Sales Order Detail (SOD) table.
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Purchase Order
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Details
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Create a Secondary Index on the "ORDER-REF” field in the Purchase Order Detail (POD) table.
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Works Order
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Details
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Create a Secondary Index on the "ORDER-REF” field in the Works Order Detail (WOD) table.
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Article ID: 1939
Created On: Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 1:52 PM
Last Updated On: Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 5:57 PM
Online URL: https://kb.datafile.co.uk/article/ledger-enquiries-performance-tuning-1939.html