speedy calculation fields? is there such thing?

[silhougal]

hi, is there a post earlier about speeding up calculating time?

i have developed a database that manages and analizes projects, staff, costs and times for use in architect's office. problem is it takes a little while to calculate results on some layouts since some of these layouts have litterally 50 - 100 calculation fields. the calculation time is of course varied depending on the speed of the machine and the network setting but any idea if this can be improved?

cheers,

danny

[ryanzon]

You could speed up calculations or finds by indexing your records. HOWEVER, most calc fields cannot be indexed (those data relying on another calculation field).

I would suggest you take at oAuzium Variables Plug-in found at www.wmotion.com.

I use this plugin to create a "virtual field" or even array instead of creating a calc field. Computation/Calculation will be done in memory not in hard disk (which is definitely faster).

However, this can only be done through a script...

Hope this helps

[BobWeaver]

Actually the only calculation fields that cannot be indexed are those that reference global fields or related fields. However, calculated fields will default to indexed if they are indexable.