Termbase gets bigger when deleting entries and doing a reorganisation

Question

Hi all, 
 I deleted some entries and duplicates in a local MultiTerm termbase and noticed that the file size got larger instead of smaller. I then did a reorganisation because I thought this might reduce the size. Instead now the termbase is ten times bigger than it was in the beginning. 
 Does anyone have an idea how this works? 
 Thank you in advance. 
 Sara

Sara Klindworth · Accepted Answer

Hi Paul, hi Michael, 
 
Thank you for your answers. I don't know how, but now I have the termbase in original size again. 
I copied the big termbase to have a backup, opended the copied file to have a look at it and I am not sure what I did, but the next time I looked at the file size of the copy it was small again. 
 
Kind regards, 
Sara

Paul · Answer

Hi Sara, 
 
One of the things this does is rebuild the fuzzy indexes, so perhaps this is something that is long overdue and it added to the size of your termbase? Just guessing as it is indeed supposed to help reduce the size of your termbase but this would normally be the case if you were importing terms. So maybe, if you weren't importing terms this is the reason. Is it faster or has it also slowed down? 
 
If it's a relatively simple termbase can you export to Excel and then recreate it and see whether this reduces the size? The Glossary Converter on thre AppStore will make short work of this test. 
 
Regards 
 
Paul

211127 · Answer

Hi, 
 I know this thread is several years old, but I just had the same issue and maybe my solution can help others also. 
 The problem in my case was that the termbase was simultaneously open in MultiTerm Widget while I was trying to reorganize it. Once I closed the termbase in MultiTerm Widget, reorganizing reduced the file size back to normal.

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Termbase gets bigger when deleting entries and doing a reorganisation