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importing and exporting data in Microsoft Dynamics Navision 2013

Posted on by Microsoft Employee

Hi  Team,

I followed this link to export and import data in Microsoft Dynamics Navision 2013.

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/nav/2014/06/19/importing-and-exporting-data-in-microsoft-dynamics-nav-2013-r2-cu-8/

But I find a big issue.

When I try to import a 110MB data to an existing database, the original database size is 22GB, after finished, the database file size increased to 59GB.(No include log file size).

Then I did a second test, I tried to import an 25GB data to an existing database, the original database size is 22GB, I only finished 32%, and the database file size increased to 320GB. So I have to cancel the importing process.

What I missed? Why it processed so slow and eat so much disk capacity?

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  • Community Member Profile Picture
    Community Member Microsoft Employee on at
    RE: importing and exporting data in Microsoft Dynamics Navision 2013

    Yesterday, I tired to import the 25GB .navdata file again, the .ndf file increased to 630GB, and only finished 51%. I think the file size is too big to accept. There should have some reason.

  • Community Member Profile Picture
    Community Member Microsoft Employee on at
    RE: importing and exporting data in Microsoft Dynamics Navision 2013

    No, I have tried to set the recovery model to simple and bulk-logged model, but it is same.

    And the size I means is the .ndf file.

  • Rashed Profile Picture
    Rashed 3,765 on at
    RE: importing and exporting data in Microsoft Dynamics Navision 2013

    data in a file does not mean it will be equal data in a database.  A database creates indexes and they take a lot of space.  the data in the file is zipped and data in a database is not. 

  • Stefano Demiliani Profile Picture
    Stefano Demiliani 37,162 Most Valuable Professional on at
    RE: importing and exporting data in Microsoft Dynamics Navision 2013

    Do you have recovery model = full in your database? If so, the log is growing because it logs every transaction.

    However, if you perform a full backup, then the log is shrinked and must return to the size set by the administrator.

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