creating vendor via odata

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If i want to create two vendors in different legal entities via odata

is there a difference in performance IF i make two odata calls to create the two vendors OR if i create them in one call using /data/$batch?

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Hi @..

Yes, combining multiple vendor creation requests into a single call($batch) can improve performance because everything is sent together instead of one at a time. But the actual difference depends on how much data you are working with.

If you're creating a large number of vendors, like around a thousand, grouping them into one request is usually more efficient. It reduces the number of network calls and can speed things up. But if you're only creating a few vendors, maybe 5 or 10, you probably would not notice much of a difference. In that case, sending individual requests might be simple and easier to debug.

One thing to watch out for is error handling. If you're sending a big batch and something goes wrong in the middle, it can be hard to tell exactly where it failed and which records were processed. With individual calls, it's easier to track what worked and what didn’t.

So overall, it's about finding a balance between performance and traceability. For smaller loads, individual calls are fine. For large ones, batching helps, but comes with more complexity if something breaks. In large batches, traceability can be improved by maintaining and tracking the index or ID of the last/previous successfully processed entry.

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