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Hi,
I just wonder that whether geting data with folder is faster or getting all file seperately and append them?
Please give me some advice
Thanks lot
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Hey @alikhalilov ,
from my experience, that shouldn't differ much. Expensive is usually the reading of the CSV files.
If you read the directory first and then loop over the files or if you add all the files individually doesn't really make a big difference.
If you have a little time you can do both in 2 separate files and then compare them.
Maybe I should test that and write an article about that 🤔
The processing speed does not differ much, I would still recommend you use the folder connector for convenience purpose.
Paul Zheng _ Community Support Team
The processing speed does not differ much, I would still recommend you use the folder connector for convenience purpose.
Paul Zheng _ Community Support Team
Hey @alikhalilov ,
from my experience, that shouldn't differ much. Expensive is usually the reading of the CSV files.
If you read the directory first and then loop over the files or if you add all the files individually doesn't really make a big difference.
If you have a little time you can do both in 2 separate files and then compare them.
Maybe I should test that and write an article about that 🤔
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