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Does using metadata hurt the performance of a document library
In an effort to improve search-ability of documents, I have created a metadata driven document library. The files were originally in a library organized by folders. The library contains just under ...
If you jump in with managed metadata you will hit some performance degradation but it also depends on what type of fields you use as well. You might also go into the list, and check indexed columns and see about adding in the managed metadata fields. Pretty sure you can index those as well, this might help improve your performance.
Thanks for the suggestion, ChrisWebbTech. I created 2 indexes for the library. One that indexes both columns (primary & secondary) based on usage suggestions from the business owner. The second with just the column I designated as secondary in the first index.
At first, my timings looked encouraging. However, the trends show no real changes.
Does this mean that, if I use metadata, I am going to see degraded performance? Load times that go from 2 secs to 7-9 secs will discourage us from using metadata.
Any further advice would be appreciated.