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Deleting old Inspection Scheduling records

Tip #: 5.3.130
Ver(s):PTWin32, V2

Normally you won’t find us recommending that you delete PTWin32 records. We firmly believe that storage and backups are cheap so there is no reason to completely delete any records ever, right? Well there is one example we can think of where it might be advantageous to get rid of some PTWin32 records, and that would be in Inspection Scheduling.

If you consider the information contained in an Inspection Scheduling record you will realize that all the pertinent data is moved into the Inspection record once the inspection is carried out. This means that old scheduling records represent redundant data. Generally that’s no big deal but after a while those old scheduling records begin to add up. If you have 5 inspectors doing 5 inspections per day then you are creating 6,500 Inspection Scheduling records per year.

At these numbers, depending on your processing/network speed you could start to see things slow down considerably after a year or two. And for what? A bunch of old scheduling records from years gone by.

If you are experiencing a noticeable slow-down in the way your PTWin32 Inspection Scheduling is responding then load the scheduling window and press the Delete All Before button.

This button will display a dialog box that allows you to enter a date. Pressing the OK button will delete all scheduling records dated before the value you have entered. Once these unnecessary records are gone you should see operating speeds more in keeping with what you are used to.

 

 

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