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Avoid overusing calculated fields

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Posted on by CU29041534-0 6
Hello everyone,
I've realized that I'm using a lot of calculated fields, which could impact performance.
 
Here's an example I have:
 
Table1 (ColumnA, ColumnB, ColumnC) is related to Table2, and Table2 is related to Table3
 
Table3 (ColumnE, ColumnD, ColumnF).
 
I would like to display ColumnE from Table3 in the main view of Table1 (Table1.Table2.Table3.ColumnE).
 
I don’t want to use a calculated field for this.

How can I do this?
 
Thank you
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    11manish Profile Picture
    11manish 3,333 on at
    If this is for production and performance matters:
     
    Best choice:
    • Plugin-based denormalization into Table1
    Second best:
    • Fix schema to allow direct lookup (Table1 → Table3)
    Avoid:
    • Calculated columns for multi-hop relationships
  • WarrenBelz Profile Picture
    WarrenBelz 155,838 Most Valuable Professional on at
    The alternative is using a Lookup with AddColumns - there may be an underlying Delegation limit on this. If you can give more specifics, including the related field names and your data source type, I can provide some examples.
  • CU29041534-0 Profile Picture
    CU29041534-0 6 on at
    I'm working on a model-driven application, and I want to display a column from an entity located at the third level of the relationship.

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