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Broken Link Manager - The job takes a long time to complete, how can I make it finish faster?

Solution

You can improve scan job times by following the tips below:

1. Separate Large Jobs (large lists or many lists) - Use Inclusion Rules:

If you have a single site with many lists or one or more large lists (greater than 10K items), do not run this site in a single job; Instead, execute or schedule this job and use “Inclusion Rules -> List Inclusions” to separate each large list into a single job; or multiple lists if you have many, into a few jobs - such as a site with 50 lists, separate into 10 per job. Again, you can create a Job Template (click “Save Job”) to make this easier.

Then, you can then schedule these jobs to run in parallel (at the same Start Time). 
NOTE: This may require you to have more CPU or RAM or to run on a different machine to get the best results.

2. Use Exclusions Rules/Inclusion Rules:

Exclude content you do not need in the report (or use Inclusion Rules to only check certain lists/files and split jobs into smaller ones). Set the “Exclusion Rules -> List Exclusions” to skip lists that are not needed in the report. Add any SharePoint URLs (such as folders or sections of a site) and Link URLs (links found within pages and files – such as navigation menu items) that you do not need in the report, or that you know are valid.

3. Disable Detailed Logging:

Disable “Show Detailed Logging”. Detailed Logging should be used when you are first setting up jobs to ensure they are working correctly and capturing the URLs and links you expect. This option is also useful when troubleshooting issues. Once jobs are tested and configured to run as you need them, uncheck “Show Detailed Logging” to minimize the report time spent on writing each link found and other details.

4. Limit Large Files from being scanned:

If you are using “Scan List Attachment File Contents” or “Scan Document File Contents” - Specify a lower “File Size Limit (MB)” in the Scan Options page (“Scan Links (tab) -> File Size Limit (MB)”) – such as 10MB. This setting is used to skip large files when scanning file contents. The default is set to 20MB.

5. Turn off: Scanning Linked CSS and JS files, Debug Mode:

Go to the "Scan Links (tab) -> Options" page, make sure the following are turned off these 'optional' settings: (they are OFF by default)

"Search text links within MS Office documents"
"Search text links within PDF documents"
"Scan linked CSS and JS files"
"Scan list form pages"
"Debug Mode"

6. (SharePoint Online) Refer to Microsoft Best Practice article

See this article for recommendations for SharePoint Online migrations.

This article still applies to Broken Link Manager as connections and data transfer of files/content (between your computer and SPO) use memory streams over the internet.

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointmigration/sharepoint-online-and-onedrive-migration-speed

7. Enable "Only Fix Links" option if you only need to fix links

This can improve job completion time by 30 to 60%!

This information is also included in the Documentation (with screenshots) included with your download.

If you need further assistance, please feel free to contact us!



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