Credits, Complexity, and Depth
API Credits
As in Zoho CRM Rest APIs, Zoho CRM GraphQL API calls are also associated with credits. A single GraphQL API call can consume up to 10 credits based on the type of resources queried.
When making requests, each resource consumes a specific amount of credits, ranging from 0.25 to 1. These credits are aggregated to determine the total consumption and rounded up to the nearest integer. If the total exceeds 10, an error will be thrown.
Query Complexity
Query Complexity refers to the workload a query exerts on servers. It increases based on the number of fields and depth of the query. To ensure proper server performance, complexity is capped to 1000 per GraphQL query. If a query exceeds this complexity, ExecutionAborted error will be thrown.
Root-level query refers to the top-level query that serves as the entry point for fetching data from the GraphQL API. Sub-level query refers to nested resources inside a resource.
The calculation for query complexity is done based on the below factors.
| Root level query | 100 points for each resource |
| Sub query | 25 points for each Parent lookup (Lookup fields, User lookup fields etc). |
| 50 points for each Child relation (Subform data). | |
| 50 points for each Multi Module lookup (what_Id, Appointments_For). |
Credit and Complexity consumed by different resources in _Meta
| Resource | Credits | Complexity |
|---|---|---|
| ChildRelation | .5 | 50 |
| ChildRelations | 1 | 100 |
| CustomView | 0.5 | 50 |
| CustomViews | 1 | 100 |
| Field | 0.5 | 50 |
| Fields | 1 | 100 |
| KanbanView | 1 | 100 |
| Layout | 1 | 100 |
| Layouts | 1 | 100 |
| LayoutFields | 1 | 100 |
| Module | 0.5 | 50 |
| Modules | 1 | 100 |
| Profile | 0.5 | 50 |
| ProfileModuleProperties | 1 | 100 |
| ProfilePermissions | 1 | 100 |
| Profiles | 1 | 100 |
| RelatedList | 0.5 | 50 |
| RelatedLists | 1 | 100 |
| Role | .5 | 50 |
| Roles | 1 | 100 |
| User(Except Created_By, Modified_By fields) | 0.5 | 50 |
| UserProperties | 1 | 100 |
| Users | 1 | 100 |
| Widgets | 1 | 100 |
Credit and Complexity consumed by different resources in _Records
| Resource | Credits | Complexity |
|---|---|---|
| Child Relations(eg: Subforms) | .5 | 50 |
| Multi Module Lookups(eg: what_Id, Appointments_For) | .5 | 50 |
| Parent relations(eg: Lookup fields) | .25 | 25 |
| User lookups (eg: Created_By, Modified_By) | .25 | 25 |
Note
Multi-select lookups data has to be queried through the corresponding linking module.
Query Depth
Query Depth refers to the number of nesting levels of a field that is queried. In order to limit server load, in Zoho CRM, query depth is limited to 7 for metadata and 3 for records. LIMIT_EXCEEDED error will be thrown if query depth exceeds allowed value.
Calculating depth
To calculate depth in a query, count the number of nesting levels of the query excluding the nesting levels of "query","Records", "Meta", "_data" and "{value}" of a field (leaf node).
Example for calculating depth
Copiedquery { # not considered for depth
Records {# not considered for depth
Leads { # depth 1
_data {# not considered for depth
Converted_Deal { # depth 2
Account_Name { #depth 3
Owner { #depth 4
last_name { # not considered for depth
value
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
Examples for calculating credits and complexity
1. Querying Users
Copiedquery {
Meta {
Users { # 1 credit,100 complexity
_data {
id
Reporting_To { # .5 credit,50 complexity
id
last_name
}
role { # .5 credit,50 complexity
id
name
description
}
profile { # .5 credit,50 complexity
id
name
description
}
}
}
}
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Total Credits: 1 + 0.5 + 0.5 + 0.5 =ceil(2.5) = 3 credits.
Total Complexity: 100 + 50 + 50 + 50 = 250
2. Querying what_Id
Copiedquery {
Records {
Tasks { #1 credit,100 complexity
_data {
What_Id { #.5 credit,50 complexity
id {
value
}
}
id {
value
}
}
}
}
}Total Credits: 1+.5 = ceil(1.5) = 2 credits
Total Complexity: 100 + 50 = 150
3. Querying Parent and Child Relationships (Subforms)
Copiedquery {
Records { #1 Credit,100 complexity
Leads {
_data {
id {
value
}
Subform_1__r { #.5 Credits,50 complexity
_data {
id {
value
}
}
}
Converted_Deal { #.25 Credits,25 complexity
id {
value
}
}
}
}
}
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Total Credits: 1+0.5 +.25= ceil(1.75) = 2 Credits
Total Complexity: 100 + 50 + 25 = 175
4. Multiple resources nested query
Copiedquery {
Meta {
Modules(filter: { api_name: "Leads" }) { # 1 credit,100 complexity
_data {
id
api_name
module_name
singular_label
api_supported
status
fields { # 1 credit,100 complexity
_data {
id
api_name
ui_type
data_type
json_type
visible
}
}
custom_view(filter: { api_name: "Todays_Leads" }) { # 1 credit,100 complexity
_data {
id
api_name
display_value
name
system_defined
}
}
}
}
Roles { # 1 credit,100 complexity
_data {
id
display_label
api_name
name
reporting_to { # 0.5 credit,50 complexity
id
display_label
api_name
name
}
}
}
}
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Total Credits :1+1+1+1+0.5 = ceil(4.5) = 5
Total Complexity: 100 + 100 + 100 + 100 + 50 = 450