Known Limitations
Feature Area | Limitation | Impact / Behavior | Workaround / Recommendation | Roadmap / Status | |
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| 1 | Data Collection | CSV file upload limit: 25 MB per file | Large files (e.g., 40,000 plots with ~10 traits) may result in unfinished validation | Upload in batches (~5,500 plots + 25 traits or ~7,500 plots + 20 traits per batch) | Permanent system limit |
| 2 | Data Collection | Suppress/Unsuppress by rule: Multiple data suppression may not work when a previously applied rule is updated and reused | QC rule changes may fail to suppress correctly | Delete the old rule and create a new one |
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| 3 | Data Collection | Timeseries Plot Data Upload - Token expiring due to long process | Large files (e.g, 4,000 plots across multiple occurrences with ~25 traits) with ~50,000 timeseries records) may fail. | Upload in smaller batches batches. (~2,200 plots with ~15 traits) | Initial work on https://ebsproject.atlassian.net/browse/BDS-10355. However the current improvement does not have a 100% success rate. Will continue to improve. |
| 4 | Experiment Manager | Select All: Only selects up to 300 occurrences at a time | Users cannot select more than 300 occurrences in one action | Select in batches of 300 | Permanent system limit |
| 5 | Experiment Manager | Export processes cancel if the user navigates away from the page during export | Incomplete or lost export files | Stay on the page until export completes |
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| 6 | Experiment Manager | Cross Table does not update automatically after entry replacement | Stale data shown in Crosses Browser after replacement | Refresh Crosses Browser manually |
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| 7 | Experiment Creation | Layout rendering delay for 6,000+ records | Slow full-screen layout rendering | Allow extra time for large datasets |
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| 8 | Harvest Manager | Bulk Delete: Committed data of 5,000+ records is slow | Deletion process may appear stuck | Limit deletion to max 50 plots/crosses at a time |
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| 9 | EBS × Field Book Integration | When downloading updated values from EBS back to Field Book, the original value still shows by default in the Collect display (depends on Field Book issue https://github.com/PhenoApps/Field-Book/issues/1475) | Updated values are visible in data grid but not selectable in Collect | Use data grid view to verify updated values |
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| 10 | Analysis Request Manager | Requests with more than 20 traits/jobs may time out | Analysis jobs may fail or take excessively long | Submit requests with 20 or fewer traits/jobs per request |
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| 11 | Phenotypic Data Manager | Large QC code changes may result in slow or stuck saving | Blocks QC work on other occurrences | Process QC changes in smaller batches |
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| 12 | Statistical Design Models | Uploading randomization files for Row-Column design with large number of entries may time out | Upload failure for large designs | Reduce entries or retry |
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| 13 | Molecular Data Analysis (MDA) | Viewing large genotype datasets may cause timeout errors | Users unable to view large datasets | Background processing under continuous development |
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| 14 | Batch Manager / Haplotype Tracing | Agriplex file upload requires specific headers within the first 10 rows and columns | Upload fails if headers are not "SNP ID", "SNP_ID", "Agriplex_ID", or "Agriplex ID" | Ensure correct headers before uploading |
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| 15 | Batch Manager → MDA Integration | Currently supports small datasets only (max ~1,800 samples × 20 markers) | Large datasets cannot be processed through this integration | Split into smaller datasets | New GIGWA version, together with EBS improvements, is scheduled to be released as soon as possible (July - August) |
| 16 | Core System (Data Grid) | "Select All" applies only to items on the current page; selections do not persist across pages | Bulk actions limited to one page at a time | Perform bulk actions per page | Permanent system limit |
| 17 | General / Performance | Main browser handles up to ~150K records; Entry/Plot Browser up to ~17K records | Performance degrades beyond these thresholds | Filter data to reduce record count | Permanent system limit |
| 18 | Germplasm Manager → Create | Germplasm Manager: The UI's germplasm upload only recognises crops that already exist in the master.scale_value table and not from the master.crop table. | If a crop is missing, you must manually add it to the scale value list. | The fix is scheduled for July 2026 → https://ebsproject.atlassian.net/browse/BDS-10334 |
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| 19 | Core Breeding | User might experience occasional slowness on specific actions: Core Breeding Login Experiment Creation
Experiment Manager
| Slow performance or occasional timeouts | Consider splitting the experiment into multiple linked experiments to improve performance. |
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