Performance-related P4V properties

If a user connects to a new Perforce service, performance-related properties are reloaded for the Perforce service to which the user has most recently connected.

Property P4V > Edit > Preferences Default Meaning Since P4V Version
P4V.Performance.DirFetchSize Number of files per directory fetched at a time in the Depot tree 0

Number of files to fetch at any one time.

0, the default, means fetch all files.

If set to a non-zero value, the minimum is 500 and we recommend 1000.

2020.2

P4V.Performance.FetchCount

Number of changelists, jobs... to fetch at a time

100

Number of changelists, jobs, branch mappings, or labels to fetch at any one time.

0 means fetch all changelists, jobs, branch mappings, or labels.

2013.1

P4V.Performance.OpenedLimit

N/A

1000

Limits the number of files to check in the 'opened' call during an undo operation. If the number of files to undo exceeds the configured value, a popup informs the user that no opened check will be performed, and asks if the user wants to complete the operation. If set to 0, even one file exceeds the configured value.

2013.1

P4V.Performance.MaxFiles

Maximum number of files displayed per changelist

500

Maximum number of files displayed per changelist.

2013.1

P4V.Performance.MaxPreviewSize

Maximum size of files to preview

100

Maximum size of files to preview, in kilobytes.

2013.1

P4V.Performance.ReconnectInterval Auto-reconnect P4V to the server not set
  • If not set (default), P4V uses the local Preference setting.

  • If set to 0, the autoreconnect feature is disabled (overrides the local setting).

  • If set to a positive integer, indicates the number of seconds to wait between attempts to reconnect P4V to the server (overrides the local setting).

2022.1

P4V.Performance.ReportGlobalLocks

N/A

On

If Off, P4V does not report global locks on Edge Servers and does not add the -L and -OL options to the p4 fstat command.

2021.4

P4V.Performance.ServerRefresh

Check the server for updates every X minutes

5

Number of time between display refreshes, in minutes.

2013.1

P4V.Performance.AllowFullIstats

Show pending stream-to-stream merge and copy hints

On

Enables/Disables global istat commands in P4V Stream graph. Users can still single-select a stream in the graph and refresh the stream to run the istat command for that stream and get the copy/merge flow information.

2013.4