Technical and Performance Limits

This page describes known technical and practical limits. These limits only impact users with very large/complex documents.

Key Findings:
Details: 

 

Excel ("Submit Content")

Word Add-In Updates ("Update Document")^

Word Cloud Updates**

PowerPoint Cloud Updates ("Update Document" or "Create Report")

Cells / Text

 

Technical Limits

No known limits

Word becomes slow with over 2500 content controls

Word becomes slow with over 2500 content controls

No known limits

Performance

10 seconds to submit 10,000 items

1 minute to update 2500 content controls

3 seconds up update 2500 items

3 seconds up update 2500 items

Tables (Destination-formatted)

 

Technical Limits

No known limits

Many or large tables can be slow to update*

No known limits

No known limits

Performance

3 seconds (50 tables)*

1 minute to update 50 medium-sized tables*

30 seconds to update 50 large tables (14,700 cells)

4 seconds to update 200 small tables

Images

 

Technical Limits

No known limits

No known limits

No known limits

No known limits

Performance

10 seconds to submit 50 chart images

20 seconds to update 500 images

10 seconds to update 500 images

10 seconds to update 500 images

* Medium tables tested with 10x5 (50 cell tables). Large tables tested with 10-column by 30-row tables (300 cells). With 49 tables, which is 14,700 cells.

** "Cloud Update" or Template-based "Create Report" (processed on our secure Microsoft Azure servers)

^ update performance is significantly faster if the user's cursor is at the top of the document and no/few large tables are visible. Slow update speeds are related to display updating, not replacing content.