Managing large entity dimension in Hyperion Planning

Hi experts,
Here is my situation :
- Planning version : 9.3.1.3
- OS : Windows 2003 Server 32-bits
- Repository : SQL Server 2005
- Application with 3 plans, 12 dimensions. Larger dimension is "Entity" with 40,000 members.
- No workflow is used
Here is my problem :
- I can add without any problem members in my entity dimension but, when I want to cut/paste or delete any member, Planning process uses a lot of memory on the server and when the limit is reached (parameter in the registry database can't be higher : 1622M), process freeze with an out of memory error. So, I restart service and delete or cut/paste is not done.
- Cut/paste and delete on others dimensions work fine.
So, could anyone give me advices about my situation ?
Thanks
Julien

Hi,
Patch was a good idea, but we was already in 9.3.1.14.
We finally found the solution :
Entity is really "linked" to scenario and version by the workflow functionnality.
As we don't use it, we disabled for process management each scenario and version.
MIRACLE : Thanks to this action, when we delete an entity, memory consumption is low and process quick.
Conclusion : Delete process of entity dimension controls a lot of things in the repository, using a lot of memory. So, if a scenario or a version is not used in a workflow process, it is very important to discard it from process management.
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