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title: Avoid Using Data Grids
description: "Impact Area Performance Severity Medium Affected Element Apex Page ## Rule ID **SF-0117** ## Impact Data grids display many records with editable fields. Data grids frequently expand to thousands of input components on a page and exceed the maximum view…"
url: "https://community-staging.qualityclouds.com/qcdocs/qcr/rules/avoid-using-data-grids/"
updated: "2025-03-21"
category: Rules
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# Avoid Using Data Grids

Impact Area

Performance

Severity

Medium

           Affected Element

Apex Page

## Rule ID

**SF-0117**

## Impact

Data grids display many records with editable fields. Data grids frequently expand to thousands of input components on a page and exceed the maximum view state size, resulting in a Visualforce component tree that’s slow to process.

## Remediation

If your Visualforce page needs a data grid:

- Use pagination and filters.
- Where possible, make data read-only to reduce the view state size.
- Only display essential data for a given record, and provide a link for an Ajax-based details box or separate page to view the rest

### Time to fix

60 min

## References

See the Salesforce documentation article: [Visualforce Performance: Best Practices > Controlling Data Size](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.salesforce_visualforce_best_practices.meta/salesforce_visualforce_best_practices/pages_best_practices_perf_design_reduce_records.htm).