Performance degradation in Data Integrator Designer with Multi-user mode

Post Author: ccastrillon
CA Forum: Data Integration
We are developing an information system based on a DataMart populated with data using ETL processes built with Data Integrator. We are three people developing and when we work at the same time we begin to have problem of performance with Designer. Designer seems freeze sometimes and development process becomes painful.
Where is the problem? accessing repository? Is any known bug?
Job Server? but it happens even when we don't launch any job. Only building ETL processes manipulating objects (Dataflows, workflows,...etc).
We would appreciate any help. Thanks in advance.
Carlos Castrilló

Post Author: bhofmans
CA Forum: Data Integration
What do you mean with 'working at the same time' ? You need 3 different repositories if you want to work with 3 developers, so there should be no impact at all when working simultaniously...
-Ben.

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I just simulated the situation and got the same results as in your description. However, I did one more test - I rebuilt the two columnstore indexes after the update (and test run). I got the following details:
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