In the Saleslogix SData Endpoints Whitepaper the feeds are exposed through either the SData portal or the Sage SalesLogix Web client slxdata.ashx handler. Does anyone know the performance implications of using one over the other?

In particular, does using the Web Client handler impact performance for Web clients running at the same time?

Thanks for your help!

I doubt you'll see a performance difference one way over the other, althogth I've never tested the two to see how they might perform differently. Underneath it all they are using the exact same assemblies and doing the exact same things. I suppose the fact that they are both using the same app pool could cause a possible difference. 

Thanks. I'm planning to move our widget from the SData portal to the Web client one because I won't need to provide credentials. I don't want to do that if it will cause a performance problem.

Right, that's the whole point of using the built-in handler in the web client (no need for credentials). IIRC you can also pass a token that you get from the web client to SData  in the request header to get that to work too. You get that auth token using the AuthenticationProvider service in the web client, but I'd have to check on what the header attribute is called in the SData reuqest.

Thanks for the additional information.

I noticed that interop.sage.com seems to be down. I get failures from here, for instance. Do you happen to know whether this is temporary or not? I was getting infromation from them and suddenly, poof!

Quote: Originally posted by Rich Wingerter Thanks for the additional information. I noticed that interop.sage.com seems to be down. I get failures from here, for instance. Do you happen to know whether this is temporary or not? I was getting infromation from them and suddenly, poof!

I believe most of that same information (althought a bit harder to navigate IMO) can be found here http://sdata.sage.com/