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how many entities is too much

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Hello

I have a project where i am probably going to need to build about 100 to 150 entities. Each entity stores different information. Is this too many entities? Will my system performance be affected? If so how badly?

Thanks

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    Wayne Walton 13,728 on at
    RE: how many entities is too much

    There isn't a hard limit on entities, my concern is how much of that do users need to use?  That's way more than a user is going to be comfortable navigating.  If they are all for development/data purposes, I would strongly review making entities versus making XML web resources.  Especially for static data.

    If you use XML web resources, you can access information much faster than having to request multiple entities from the CRM system via code.  That has the potential to be very slow, if you're not careful.  XML web resources can be memory-resident, making using them in plugins much more performant for users.

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    Wayne Walton 13,728 on at
    RE: how many entities is too much

    Also, if you are using that many entities in an effort to normalize your data, I would strongly recommend looking at de-normalizing some of those entities if users do actually need to access that information.  

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