The query-selection process, which lets you specify the sites, resources, and resource types, combined with the number of history and future days you specify, results in searches that can take from seconds to minutes.

It is important that all workbenches users properly define the query selection and correctly set the historical and future days of data to retrieve. Performing a search for all resources across sites or all resources within a site is strongly discouraged. Users should try to use Scheduler ID as a minimum, not just site ID, to improve search retrieval time.

There are also user preference settings defined that let the system perform data retrievals in a single request as opposed to an incremental request method; the latter method could require 20 to 30 percent more processing load over the single request method. Material on performing searches is available in segments on Getting Familiar with MSW and PSW within the Planning and Scheduling Training Guide and videos. For more information on setting user preferences, see QAD Planning and Scheduling Workbenches User Guide.