Help..Total Noob!!

Post Author: Crystal_method
CA Forum: Data Connectivity and SQL
I have used Crystal Reports maybe 3 times. Anyway, I am experiencing delays on the network and need to trim the fat, so to speak. How do I pare down on the space being used by old records in the table. I was thinking of taking out anything older than 2 weeks from my weeklies and older than 4 months from my monthlies. How do I get to the menu to do this in SQL Server Enterprise Manager? Or is it done from Crystal Reports somehow?

Post Author: aluminum
CA Forum: Data Connectivity and SQL
Are you pretty sure that the slowness is due to the number of records in the tables? Are they indexed/have primary keys set up? How many records are we talking here(thousands, millions, hundreds of millions)? Is the report showing all the records in the tables or are you using parameters? What versions of SQL Server and Crystal are you using?
Instead of getting rid of old records, you could run your report off of a table that contains only the records you will need. You could set up a job to run daily or however often is necessary (depending on how often the report is run) to refresh that table with just the data you need.
It might not necessarily be that you have too many records though, it could be that they arent indexed or indexed well, or that the report is doing things that you could have done on the server side instead. For instance, if you are doing alot of grouping/summing you might set up a view on the server, to run the report off of, that sums and groups the data and have the report just read that. Can you leave us some more details on what kind of report this is and what it does?

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