Top 10 reasons for Tally working slow and Know how to increase the speed of Tally

Top 10 reasons for Tally working slow and Know how to increase the speed of Tally

Today, 15 Lakh+ customers are using Tally software to account and manage their business operation which includes billing transactions, recording and valuating inventory, handling payroll of employees, Filing of returns etc.

In companies with more than one Tally user, i.e a Tally Gold license user, at times the user faces the issue of Tally working slow or Tally getting hang while creating or saving the transactions. If the problem continues in the long run, the productivity of both the employees and the organization as a whole decreases. Such delay in response creates a huge backlog and increases the time and efforts of every individual working in Tally. Such time lags make the users often assume that there are performance issues in Tally.

But is it really a Tally Problem?

Let’s take an example of a Car. Some cars run at the speed of approx 320 kmph, while the some others run at only 160 kmph. There are various factors that define the speed of a car such as the weight of the car, power of the engine, the fuel used, aerodynamics of the car, grip of tires on road etc

Likewise, it is really important to identify the root cause behind Tally working slow or getting hanged. Thus we have come up with some of the important elements you need to check for smooth and seamless functioning of Tally.

1. Infrastructure

Operating System

The smooth functioning of any application completely depends on the operating system which manages the memory, process, storage and hardware requirements of the application. Currently, Tally application is supported in Windows Microsoft Windows XP SP2 (64-bit), MS Windows XP SP3 (32-bit), and later versions. Installing Tally in Windows with 32 bit shall utilize 2 GB or more RAM for processing the Tally data which can be favourable in case of frequent or less usage of Tally. The PERFORMANCE of Tally can be improvised by using Windows with 64 Bit processor as it accesses the memory of 4 GB or more to process the information of Tally. It is highly recommended to keep Minimum 4GB Storage of RAM in the windows operating system to process the Tally data at ease which is common for both 32-bit and 64-bit processor. For faster processing of data it is advisable to use Intel Core2Duo and above or equivalent processor.

2. Architecture

I) Client server or server based computing architecture

In the Client and Server based architecture, the server communicates and shares the Tally License and Tally data to one or more client systems in the LAN Network. Any fluctuation in the LAN network or if the server fails, the whole network goes down which will hamper the performance of Tally.

Tally data file should be shared accurately to the client systems for faster access of data.

II) Remote Desktop/ Thin Client Connection

Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) allows a local computer to connect to and control a remote PC over a network or the Internet. The Tally application, License and data centralized on the server can be accessed remotely from anywhere. Accessing the data from centralized system shall provide faster response to the data.

3. Anti Virus and Windows Firewall

Anti virus and windows firewall has an Exclusion feature which is basically a folder which contains files that are not scanned during the Anti-virus scan.The Tally application files should be added in the exclusion (files and folder) of the anti virus otherwise tally will work slow. Port of application should be allowed in the windows firewall. Anti viruses should be installed and updated in all systems having tally application.

4. Windows Services

License services should be installed properly on the server. The Port of the License service should be allowed in windows firewall.

5. Printer and Drivers settings

The printers and ODBC (Open Database Connectivity)driver should be properly installed in the system. In case the printer driver is not installed properly or is unused, Tally fails to load the company quickly.

6. Back-end Software's

Any other third party software taking auto Backup of data during passing of transactions in Tally.ERP 9.

7. Multiple users are simultaneously viewing report and creating the transactions.

8. Number of Masters (Cost Center’s and Batches) and vouchers are more in your Tally company.

9. Bad Sector in the hard disk.

10. Improper shut down of the system

All above parameters are some of the reasons which should be taken care for smooth and fast working of Tally. But even after following prerequisites and taking multiple checkups on the listed factors, if you still face the problem of Tally working slow, then you should consult our expert for free.