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Hi all,

I have created some excel dashboards so that we can use our CommCare data
in real time. As our project progresses I am aware that the volume of raw
data will increase. Does anyone have experience of using dashboards over a
long period of time and if so have you found that the dashboard slows down
/ becomes unresponsive with an increase of data?

Many thanks,
Maya

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Hi Maya,

The size of your exports does become difficult for Excel as the file
grows. The two things to look out for are:

  • Autodownload - when the export file becomes large Excel will tend to time
    out while trying to download and update the file. When this happens it is
    best to manually download the file and save it locally then point your
    dashboard to that. This timeout is different on internet connections and
    versions of Excel, so there's not hard rule for when you'll start seeing
    the trouble. I think in general if a download takes more than 3-5 minutes
    it starts to timeout.

  • Computer Performance: Generally Excel seems to handle tens of thousands
    of lines and the low hundreds of thousands ok, but as the file is bigger
    performance suffers. If this happens you can try limiting your export by
    date so that you only get more recent data.

These aren't really CommCare limitations and more the limits of Excel, but
hopefully can use as guidelines.

-Nick

Nick Nestle
Project Manager | Dimagi South Africa
+27 79 439 6081

ยทยทยท On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 7:50 PM, Maya Sethi wrote:

Hi all,

I have created some excel dashboards so that we can use our CommCare data
in real time. As our project progresses I am aware that the volume of raw
data will increase. Does anyone have experience of using dashboards over a
long period of time and if so have you found that the dashboard slows down
/ becomes unresponsive with an increase of data?

Many thanks,
Maya

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