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Sync problems and users disappeared from user monitor

Hello!

I have a problem with syncing my App.
The problem appeared about month ago - sometimes adding a new row took about 180-210 seconds.
Today the problem became bigger - every “add row” operation take 180-210 seconds.
My users make about 200-300 new rows per day…

I’ve tried to delete old rows (about 8000 rows) and some app functions, now the app’s goal only to add rows in two tables.

I receive two types of errors:

  1. “Error: Data table ‘the_name_of_the_table’ is not accessible due to: The operation has timed out.”
  2. “Unable to add/edit/delete row in table ‘the_name_of_the_table’. → Too many users are attempting to modify the spreadsheet ‘DocId=some_doc_ID’ at the same time. Please try again after a few minutes.”

My offline/Sync options:
Sync on start - off
Delayed sync - off
Automatic updates - on
The app can start when offline - on
Store content for offline use - off
Server caching - on
Delta sync - on

Do anyone know - what should I do to sync faster? Is there is any way to reset changes to every devices?

Also a lot of users have disappeared starting from December.
Actual amount of users should be about 160 - 180 users (most of them are “guest” users).

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I’ve figured out the sync problem.
Deleting virtual columns was my first step even before posting this problem.

I’m using Google Spreadsheet and my spreadsheet isn’t going to exceed file size limits.

I’ve checked my performance profile and noticed that the App reads some spreadsheets very fast but one spreadsheet took 3-5 minutes to read.
I’ve checked this spreadsheet and even reading it by Google Chrome or Google Office Spreadsheet App take some time and “calculating formulas…” progress bar is shown permanently.
The spreadsheet contained a sheet with a lot of formulas. Deleting this sheet fixed the sync problem.

In short, slow sync time can be caused by spreadsheet with a lot of formulas in sheet even this sheet is not performed in your App.

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