topic Qlikview IE plugin versus AJAX in Scalability https://community.qlik.com/t5/Scalability/Qlikview-IE-plugin-versus-AJAX/m-p/1304752#M983 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It has always felt to me that the IE plugin performs better (using QVP protocol going direct) versus AJAX.</P><P></P><P>Is this the case for you?</P><P></P><P>I asked support and they were kind of wishy washy about it. I was just wondering if anyone knew a rough estimate of IE plugin performance versus AJAX. Say 10% faster?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 13 Jul 2017 17:36:41 GMT mellerbeck 2017-07-13T17:36:41Z Qlikview IE plugin versus AJAX https://community.qlik.com/t5/Scalability/Qlikview-IE-plugin-versus-AJAX/m-p/1304752#M983 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It has always felt to me that the IE plugin performs better (using QVP protocol going direct) versus AJAX.</P><P></P><P>Is this the case for you?</P><P></P><P>I asked support and they were kind of wishy washy about it. I was just wondering if anyone knew a rough estimate of IE plugin performance versus AJAX. Say 10% faster?</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 13 Jul 2017 17:36:41 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/Scalability/Qlikview-IE-plugin-versus-AJAX/m-p/1304752#M983 mellerbeck 2017-07-13T17:36:41Z Re: Qlikview IE plugin versus AJAX https://community.qlik.com/t5/Scalability/Qlikview-IE-plugin-versus-AJAX/m-p/1304753#M984 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>The answer is not simple I'm afraid.&nbsp; I've had a lot of users in remote high latency locations who actually prefer the Ajax client because to them it seems much faster compared to the plugin.&nbsp; I believe some of this is because the IE Plugin has single threaded operations which are waiting for a response from the server, so the UI is being locked / frozen in these high latency environments, whereas the Ajax plugin does not freeze up, so it seems faster.&nbsp; I believe some of this performance disparity may also be affected by the volume of data being physically transferred to the client.&nbsp; This will vary depending on what objects you use in the UI, and your data model.&nbsp; </P><P></P><P>You also need to consider the functional differences between the clients as well (e.g. some macros will not work in Ajax), and the quality of the layout from a visual perspective will be impacted by the amount of consideration the developer has given to the Ajax client (for a lot of developers it is an afterthought at best).</P><P></P><P>Regarding the performance speed difference - it will depend on the environment, the design of the QV application, data model, and the actions being performed, so I would suggest doing some tests for your specific scenarios to get representative figures.&nbsp; If someone gives you a percentage difference for performance, the probability of it being relevant or representative of your environment and scenarios is very low.</P><P></P><P>Probably not what you were looking for, but it's more nuanced than a single figure and is impacted by so many variables, which might help to explain why support gave you a wishy washy answer.</P><P></P><P>Regards,</P><P></P><P>Graeme </P></BODY></HTML> Fri, 14 Jul 2017 08:04:06 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/Scalability/Qlikview-IE-plugin-versus-AJAX/m-p/1304753#M984 2017-07-14T08:04:06Z Re: Qlikview IE plugin versus AJAX https://community.qlik.com/t5/Scalability/Qlikview-IE-plugin-versus-AJAX/m-p/1304754#M985 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>He he like most things, the answer is it depends <IMG src="https://community.qlik.com/legacyfs/online/emoticons/happy.png" />&nbsp; Thank you!</P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 17 Jul 2017 20:53:30 GMT https://community.qlik.com/t5/Scalability/Qlikview-IE-plugin-versus-AJAX/m-p/1304754#M985 mellerbeck 2017-07-17T20:53:30Z