Slow response

[Rondi F]

Hello, all, can anyone tell me why at times it takes sooo long for a change to be made - specifically adding children, parents or spouses from the sidebar. I haven't been able to pinpoint a cause, and it doesn't happen all the time. Thanks for any help you can give me!
I should mention that I have a very large database.

[Bob White]

Re: Slow response

Is the slow response only in Reunion? Or is it generally happening with other applications? How big is your Reunion database? "at times" Does that mean it is not consistent? If it comes and goes, what actions or other applications running that are associated with the slow times?

[fjvanbodegom]

Re: Slow response

Think at the possibilty of calculating relatives 'on the fly'. Look at the settings: sidebar Relatives.
Special with very large databases this has impact on speed.

[Rondi F]

Re: Slow response

Is the slow response only in Reunion? Or is it generally happening with other applications? How big is your Reunion database? "at times" Does that mean it is not consistent? If it comes and goes, what actions or other applications running that are associated with the slow times?

Hi, Bob, thanks for responding. It doesn't happen with other applications. I haven't been able to associate it with other applications. I'm usually working with Word or Chrome open.

[Rondi F]

Re: Slow response

Think at the possibilty of calculating relatives 'on the fly'. Look at the settings: sidebar Relatives.
Special with very large databases this has impact on speed.

Thank you, I will try that!

[PSB99]

Re: Slow response

Think at the possibilty of calculating relatives 'on the fly'. Look at the settings: sidebar Relatives.
Special with very large databases this has impact on speed.

I have the same problem; I have 13,700 individuals in my database, and unchecking everything I can possibly uncheck in the sidebar Relatives settings did not speed things up at all when adding a new person.

[Dennis J. Cunniff]

Re: Slow response

Think at the possibilty of calculating relatives 'on the fly'. Look at the settings: sidebar Relatives.
Special with very large databases this has impact on speed.

Also, if you're showing "Marked People" as a result in the People sidebar, adding individuals will be slower. Just switch to showing all people, and Reunion won't recalculate the marked set each time a person is added.

[Tony Knight]

Re: Slow response

I have the same problem; I have 13,700 individuals in my database, and unchecking everything I can possibly uncheck in the sidebar Relatives settings did not speed things up at all when adding a new person.

I cannot offer a solution other than to comment that with nearly 178000 individuals I have no noticeable problems with speed.

[riwebb]

Re: Slow response

From my experience there are two possible causes for slow response:

1) Recalculating relationships on the fly (you have already looked into this)
2) Having some sort of filter running (this was suggested already in the context of having a filter for marked individuals)

My "mysterious slowdown" turned out to be because I often search for sources and leave the search up. This is the second type of slow down I referenced above. So look at any fields that you might have limited or a search type.

Richard