BI IP - bad performance in BEX workbooks

Hi,
we use BI IP and have workbooks with 5 to sometimes 10 planqueries (located on individual worksheets). We notice that the performance in BEX is bad. The planning functions itself are performant ( less that 5 seconds in the modeler). However in the excell workbook everything is slow;
opening: 30 seconds - 3 minutes.
simple save: at least 30 seconds
planning function: more or less the same as the save.
=> when performing a trace with ST05 (when clicking on save for example) we don't see much happening. Also in SM50 we don't see much happening.
Does anyone has experienced the same (or the opposite?) Is this problem caused by SAP or by Microsoft Excell?? Are the figures above normal???
D

Hi,
we created aggregates which decreased the response time significantly. But even if we have no data or it is quickly selected, it takes for ex 10 - 20 seconds to do something (saving, simple function) in case of workbooks with 4 - 8 queries. For queries with one query, this is faster, like 3 - 8 seconds to do something.
I think planning in BEX is slow (it is 4 - 20 times slower than web according to SAP studies!), but the effort we should do now to increase the speed would not weigh up against the benefits ...
could you do a trace with ST05 and let me know which statements take the longest time? What is your reaction time in your query. How hearvy is your query? Do you have pictures or graphs included? do you use data slices or characteristic relationships? you can also email to further discuss.
D

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