# Flows taking long to load and save - current flow file 7.5 MB

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**Created:** [8 February 2023 14:02 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flows-taking-long-to-load-and-save-current-flow-file-7-5-mb/74889 "2023-02-08T14:02:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![anilsagar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@anilsagar](https://discourse.nodered.org/u/anilsagar)\
**Post date:** [20 February 2023 02:15 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/flows-taking-long-to-load-and-save-current-flow-file-7-5-mb/74889/16 "2023-02-20T02:15:39Z")

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> [@jbudd](#):
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> grep '"type":' flows.json | awk '{ arr[$2] += 1 } END { for (x in arr) print arr, x} ' | sort -n

This what I get after making changes to the settings.js and then editing the flow a bit.

```1
1 "rbe",
1 "tls-config",
1 "ui_base",
1 "ui_template",
1 "users_config",
1 "websocket-listener",
2 "exec",
2 "influxdb",
2 "sqlitedb",
8 "csv",
9 "file",
9 "fs-file-lister",
9 "group",
12 "ui_tab",
13 "users_isloggedin",
19 "ui_group",
33 "http
53 "random",
67 "inject",
73 "sqlite",
79 "comment",
108 "template",
214 "catch",
273 "tab",
332 "influxdb
380 "link
431 "change",
783 "join",
1533 "switch",
1871 "delay",
2135 "debug",
5346 "s7
6439 "function",
```

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