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ThomasT
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2/17/2011 1:08 PM
    I'm relatively new to LS Security and I'm building a new security class for HR users so that they can only see employees with the same user level. I built a new attribute in RM called 'UserLevel'. 

    I've read many of the postings regarding LS security so I'm familiar with some of the solutions.
    I've also read the security manuals too.

    I built a new ElementGroup called 'COUL' which contains Company and User Level

    Here is the rule of the element group 'COUL' on the new Security class:
    if (user.attributeContains('UserLevel',USER_LEVEL)&&SystemCode=='HR') then all access
    else
    no access

    Then on the EMPLOYEE table I wrote this rule:
    if (user.attributeContains('UserLevel',table.USER_LEVEL)&&SystemCode=='HR') then all access
    else 
    no access

    I refreshed security cache and restarted browser, etc. Logged in and launched HR11. I entered the company clicked 'tab' and it entered the company description, then clicked on the drill around for employee field. It brought up the panel for the employees but it took maybe 5 Minutes for the list of selected employees to appear. 5 mintutes is way too long obviously. I am expecting less than 30 seconds at the most.

    I've looked over everything and I can't find out why the select is taking so long. Right now I'm not concerned with next and previous on the HR11. There are about 30K employees in the EMPLOYEE table.

    Anyone have any ideas or insight why the select is running this long?

    Thomas


    Dave Amen
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    2/17/2011 6:19 PM
      Thomas,
      It appears that you're doing advanced things to solve this (pretty impressive for "relatively new")!

      You've found an interesting feature about rules and drop-downs/selection lists/drills, but it's rather counter-intuitive:
      - the LARGER the number of records that will be returned, the FASTER it returns.
      - the FEWER the number of records that will be returned, the LONGER it takes to run.

      I can tell you why that is, but it takes a bit more explaining, and the explanation may give you some ideas as to how to speed this up. Can you give me a call when you have a sec?

      Best regards,
      Dave
      (303) 773-3535
      Abdoul
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      3/15/2011 3:30 PM
        Dave,

        I happens to be ins the same situation, except that mine goes even further and generates an Error 500 code on some of the selections. Were you able to find a solution?
        Dave Amen
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        3/15/2011 4:07 PM
          Abdoul,
          I haven't seen a magic bullet solution. There are many ways to work around this (or simply live with it), such as these:

          1) Adjust the rules to return a larger set of records whenever a user uses a selection list. That will cause it to return faster, but it may also display other records for the user to select, only to find they can't inquire on it in the screen.

          2) Change the screen rule (in HR.or/HR.sr - not in LS9) so it uses a better index (highly technical).

          3) Add a custom index that fits your needs exactly, and make sure your LS9 rules match the fields in this new index.

          These aren't very pleasant, I'm afraid. I'm hoping to hear from others who have dealt with this!

          Best regards,
          Dave
          (303) 773-3535
          Abdoul
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          3/15/2011 4:35 PM
            Thanks Dave for the insight. I was actually leaning towards the index on the User_level field; but though i'd make sure it wasn't a system performance or configuration issue.
            Roger French
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            3/18/2011 3:06 PM
              What I have found out in my experiences that having the Auditing flag turned ON in security administrator, that was hogging resources and subsequently caused drill selects to take much longer than with it turned OFF. With it turned OFF, drill selects worked almost instantly for most circumstances.