[Discussion] Efficiency of Continuous IFC Data Updates in BIMserver

[saintcodec]

Hi everyone,

I'm working on a project where I need to continuously update data many sensors in a building using IFC, mainly for facility management (FM) purposes. I'm leveraging BIMserver's API to process new data, but each update requires a new transaction and creates a new revision of the model.

I wanted to open this discussion to gather thoughts on the efficiency of this approach. Specifically:

• Is the transaction and revision overhead a concern in this scenario, especially for frequent updates?
• How does BIMserver handle scalability when there are constant data updates?
• Are there any best practices for managing large numbers of revisions, or for optimizing API calls for continuous data feeds?

I'm open to any insights, suggestions, or alternative approaches others have tried for similar use cases.

Thank you!