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title: Troubleshooting
slug: neurons-for-itsm/on-premises-help/enu/2023/troubleshooting
createdAt: 2026-07-29T18:16:39.887Z
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This section describes how to diagnose and fix common performance issues.

Issues occur occasionally in Ivanti Service Manager. This does not necessarily indicate a malfunction.  We recommend that you evaluate each issue on a case by case basis.

| Symptom                                                              | Possible Cause                                                                                                                                     | Action                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| -------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Dashboards and searches are slow to load.                            | - Incidents and other records that are no longer active still have open status.                                                                    | - Close and delete inactive incidents as described in [About Reviewing, Closing, and Deleting Records](docId:0o6gh2nnKjRNjBdomAVX7) and [Deleting Inactive Tables and Records](docId\:so3Y_ekoxGYd34qo26CvW).                                                                                          |
| Issues and timeouts that are traceable to the workflow engine occur. | - Workflows that are inactive are still enabled.<br />- Notification workflows do not validate email addresses prior to running.                   | - Disable inactive workflows as described in [Disabling Inactive Workflows](docId\:m8v4zD4G5AfzW8V-ZPrW0).<br />- Validate email addresses in workflows as described in [Validating Email Addresses in Notification Workflows](docId\:m8v4zD4G5AfzW8V-ZPrW0).                                          |
| Database command timeout errors occur.                               | - You need to re-index the Ivanti Service Manager database.<br />- In general, when there is a timeout, the environment has insufficient hardware. | - Re-index the Ivanti Service Manager database as described in [Tuning Indexes](docId:_85lLN2Iuc7_E-0vSVjjh).<br />- Verify that your system meets the hardware requirements described in the *System Requirements and Compatibility Matrix for Ivanti Service Manager*.                               |
| Workflows take a very long time to execute.                          |                                                                                                                                                    | - Delete workflow-related tables as described in [Deleting Inactive Tables and Records](docId\:so3Y_ekoxGYd34qo26CvW)<br />- Increase the processor count in the file called **WorkflowService.exe.config** to 40 as described in [Tuning Business Rules and Workflows](docId\:m8v4zD4G5AfzW8V-ZPrW0). |

