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Qlik Script: Multi-Threaded GROUP BY, especially Sum()

humansoft
Partner - Contributor III
Partner - Contributor III

Qlik Script: Multi-Threaded GROUP BY, especially Sum()

We need Multi-Threaded GROUP BY in script, especially Sum() - which is basic to implement with multi-threading.

 

We have many Customers with millions of rows. They have to have some aggregations in dedicated, small and quick apps. They have fast cpus with many cores, for example 48 physical cores. But GROUP BY in script is single-threaded...

What takes seconds in visualization, it takes hours in script!

 

Please, let's do it! Finally.

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humansoft
Partner - Contributor III
Partner - Contributor III

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Ben_at_Kohls
Contributor III
Contributor III

This feature would great improve the scalability of SaaS for an organization like mine that has large data volumes and we probably aren't even close to being the biggest. Strongly support adding this capability.

AlexOmetis
Partner Ambassador
Partner Ambassador

It definitely is unintuitive that Qlik is so quick at aggregation in the front end but so slow at it in the back end. I'd definitely like for more multi-threading support for sure.

I have found some ways to work around this a little though - e.g. don't use group by with a where clause - you're better off loading the data with a where clause and then doing group by as a resident load. Some of those findings are written up in a blog I wrote a few years ago... A Journey In Load Optimisation - Ometis

simonaubert
Partner - Specialist II
Partner - Specialist II

Really ? It remains single-threaded  for script? O_o Do you have some documentation where we can find which operation is still single-threaded?


Best regards,

Simon

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