Perforce - Data Retrieval

Set the following preferences to determine how P4VS retrieves data from the shared Perforce service:

Data retrieval:

Optimize file status retrieval:

Note

The Treat Solution/Projects as directories when selected, Preload file state, and Lazy load file state options are used to tune the performance of P4VS for your environment. If none of these options are selected, P4VS will load the metadata for each file individually. Unless you have a small project you should look to use one of these options.