Performance Financial Reporting 11.1.2.1 vs 11.1.2.2

Dear HFM Admins,
We have migrated to the new HFM 11.1.2.2.302 version.
The reports were exported and then imported into the new version from 11.1.2.1.
The performance differences are quite substantial. A report which ran 2 minutes in the old 11.1.2.2 is now running 8 minutes in 11.1.2.2.
Has anyone else noticed this? Or is there a better way to migrate the reports?
The reports are pointing against HFM Database NOT Essbase.
Thanks alot
Roman

Hi Roman,
We have done the same migration couple of months ago and not noticed the same issue. The difference is all of our reports are mapped to Essbase databases. Have you checked the server specs between 11.1.2.1 and 11.1.2.2 in the FR and HFM servers? I wonder if it is a memory issue...
Cheers,
Mehmet

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