DigitalCPX 2020: Expert Advice: Formula Optimization with Mark Warren

Curious to learn more about the calculation engine and how formula impact your model’s performance?

In this session, discover techniques for improving calculation performance through formula optimization.

We will focus on three key areas:

Watch the video here, download the presentation (.pdf format), and then join the conversation, add comments & questions below!

We also prepared 2 exercises for you to practice your Formula Optimization's skills: Download the training model here.

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Can you share the text editor you used in this demo?

Yes, of course. it is Atom https://atom.io/

Great @MarkWarren! My favorite session.

It is great to see the best practices backed up by numbers, what a difference in the performance, wow.

Thank you!

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