Performance Tuning for Content Manager

Appendix A. Performance tuning guidelines for a Document Manager system 437

Views

Document Manager view configurations can have an impact on Document

Manager Desktop performance and its responsiveness. A number of elements

can combine to affect how quickly the results of a search or the contents of a

folder are presented to an end user.

The view configuration contains settings to limit the number of items returned at a

time as a result of a search or of opening up a folder. Also included is a setting to

identify the number of items to return to the user at a time: the return increment.

The larger the number either of these is set to, the longer it takes for the desktop

to display the results of a search or the contents of a folder. By using small,

manageable numbers, the desktop responsiveness will improve.

When using smaller return increments and maximum return settings, the user

base needs to perform well-defined searches to bring back the documents they

are looking for.

Another view configuration setting that affects desktop performance is the

number of attributed included in a single view. Within the view configuration, the

number attributes are assigned to a view template can be adjusted to return

fewer attributes to the desktop.

The desktop view configuration also allows configuration of advanced settings to

display the organizational structure of a document to include compound

documents and life cycle information. Enabling these settings within the view

configuration increases the response time for the results of a search or the

contents of a document to be displayed to the user.

Standard search templates

Settings in search templates can contribute to desktop performance

enhancements. Providing users with key attributes that can help them quickly

locate documents and data will enable them to perform well-defined searches.

When assigning attributes to be displayed in a search template, include those

attributes that best define your data model and are optimized for performance.

Additionally, using default operators such as

equals provides the best possible

response time when executing a search. Operators such as

contains increases

desktop response time for returning search results.

You can define several different search templates that are aligned with different

document classes or business processes so that users can quickly identify the

attribute information that helps them to locate their data. Additionally, any