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Long-running inbound request SQL on FACTTABLE (30K open cursors)
SA-51080
Summary
In Oracle, one type of SQL running against Interaction History of Pega Marketing, is causing performance issues in the production environment.
The long running query is captured in the alert logs and in Oracle monitoring dashboards.
Error Messages
Database operation took more than the threshold of 500 ms: 618 ms SQL: SELECT pxFactID AS "pxFactID", pxOutcomeTime AS "pxOutcomeTime", pySubjectID AS "pySubjectID", pxIn
teractionID AS "pxInteractionID", "FACTTABLE".pzActionID AS "pzActionID", "FACTTABLE".pzChannelID AS "pzChannelID", "FACTTABLE".pzOutcomeID AS "pzOutcomeID", "pyAssociationStrength" AS
"pyAssociationStrength", "pyAssociatedID" AS "pyAssociatedID" FROM (SELECT "FACTTABLE".pxFactID, "FACTTABLE".pxOutcomeTime, "FACTTABLE".pySubjectID, "FACTTABLE".pxInteractionID, "FAC
TTABLE".pzActionID, "FACTTABLE".pzChannelID, "FACTTABLE".pzOutcomeID, null AS "pyAssociationStrength", null AS "pyAssociatedID" FROM PEGA_DATA.PR_DATA_IH_FACT "FACTTABLE" WHERE ("FACT
TABLE".pySubjectID IN ('905394590294')) UNION ALL SELECT "FACTTABLE".pxFactID, "FACTTABLE".pxOutcomeTime, "FACTTABLE".pySubjectID, "FACTTABLE".pxInteractionID, "FACTTABLE".pzActionID,
"FACTTABLE".pzChannelID, "FACTTABLE".pzOutcomeID, "ASSOCIATIONTABLE".pyAssociationStrength AS "pyAssociationStrength", "ASSOCIATIONTABLE".pySubjectID AS "pyAssociatedID" FROM PEGA_DAT
A.PR_DATA_IH_FACT "FACTTABLE" JOIN PEGA_DATA.PR_DATA_IH_ASSOCIATION "ASSOCIATIONTABLE" ON (("ASSOCIATIONTABLE".pyAssociatedID = "FACTTABLE".pySubjectID) ) WHERE ("ASSOCIATIONTABLE".py
SubjectID IN ('905394590294')) ) "FACTTABLE" LEFT OUTER JOIN PEGA_DATA.PR_DATA_IH_DIM_CHANNEL "CHANNELTABLE" ON (("FACTTABLE".pzChannelID = "CHANNELTABLE".pzID) ) WHERE ("FACTTABLE".
pxOutcomeTime >= ?) AND ( ( ("CHANNELTABLE".pyDirection = 'Outbound') ) ) ORDER BY 2 DESC*
Steps to Reproduce
Any time strategy is called, import IH component to the strategy canvas and test your strategy with a subjectID.
When you trace it, observe that generated SQL has the same behavior.
Root Cause
A defect in Pegasystems’ code or rules.
The issue is with SQL which is, select statement is generated by Pega.
WHERE ( "FACTTABLE".pysubjectid IN ( '905303307460' ) )
Here, pysubjectid is not a variable. It's hardcoded in this SQL and not bind variable.
Thus, Oracle treats this select statement as a new one since in each strategy execution there is a different customerId (pySubjectId).
Resolution
An enhancement request, FDBK-24561, has been created for consideration by Pega Product Management.
It has been requested to improve the SQL query.
Published February 5, 2018 - Updated October 8, 2020
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