Kinaxis RapidResponse Author KX3-003 Question # 4 Topic 1 Discussion

To optimize performance when creating a worksheet that contains fields from four tables, the worksheet should be based on:

Table 1

Table 1 is connected to Table 3 with a one-way arrow, indicating a one-to-many relationship where Table 1 is the primary table. This setup typically allows for more efficient data retrieval and better performance.

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The decision is supported by the diagram showing the relationships between the tables, where “Arrow Head = 1” and “Arrow Base = Many” indicates the direction of the relationship and the primary table.

To optimize performance, the worksheet should be based on the top-level table from which you can access related data via references. This is because starting from the top level allows you to utilize indexed lookups, which are faster than traversing from many-to-one relationships. Given the data model design, Table 1 is the topmost table with one-to-many relationships to Table 3, which in turn links to Table 4, and it can also indirectly access data from Table 2 through the many-to-one relationship back to Table 1.

References:

Kinaxis RapidResponse documentation on worksheet creation and data model traversal.

Kinaxis guidelines on optimizing worksheets for better performance.