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August 7, 2023
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Fact or Fiction? Changing the "Is Consolidated" option on parent Entities will impact consolidation

  • August 7, 2023
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Changing the "Is Consolidated" option on parent Entities will impact consolidation performance.

Question Credit: Jack Lacava

Is this statement fact or fiction?

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* This question is applicable to Platform 7.3.0 and may not be relevant to future releases

Best answer by agoralewski

Fact!

a consolidated Entity will generate a substantial number of database records, as well as running more calculations. The option should be set to True only where necessary for reporting purposes.

5 replies

August 7, 2023

Changing the number of entities that consolidate will impact performance -  I say Fact

August 8, 2023

Fact

August 8, 2023

Fact - There is an impact if you turn off consolidation on a Parent Entity.

August 8, 2023

Performance or length of time of Consolidation?

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August 21, 2023

Fact!

a consolidated Entity will generate a substantial number of database records, as well as running more calculations. The option should be set to True only where necessary for reporting purposes.