Qlik load performance with RecNo() and RowNo()

Using RecNo() or RowNo() will impart a performance impact on your load script. I discussed these functions in a previous post where I looked at the output of RecNo vs RowNo.

I recently spotted an unexpected slow-down in a load script, which was caused by using one of these functions. In summary:
– Using RowNo() in a simple load script is considerably slower than RecNo()
– If you must use RecNo(), it may be faster to do this in a direct load
– If you must use RowNo(), it may be faster to do this in a resident load

Example script for one of the tests – load data from disk and add the RowNo

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