Confusing DataStoreService Request Limits

ithacaTheEnby · September 2, 2019, 8:50am

Hello, just a brief enquiry. I’m testing a settings menu currently, however, whenever I save the current settings, the following warning is produced. Every occurance of “Test!” indicates a single :SetAsync() request. The issue is that after the first :SetAsync() I receive this warning despite the minimum of 60 requests per minute.

Can anyone enlighten me?
To be very clear, the :SetAsync is definitely only being called once every “Test!” output.

Operatik · September 2, 2019, 9:02am

Can I see the code? We are unable to assist any further if we’re left blind about the method used.

nice_clock · September 2, 2019, 9:03am

We’ll need to see the code, so we can figure it out, but as it may just be a might just be a slight error in the code, but no worries. We’ll be able to sort it out in no time!

ithacaTheEnby · September 2, 2019, 9:03am

Really, really simple.

function ModifyData (Player, DataStore, NewValue)
	print("Test!")
	-- variable assignment
	local DataStore = DataStoreService:GetDataStore (DataStore)
	-- modify data
	DataStore:SetAsync (Player.UserId, NewValue)
end

Operatik · September 2, 2019, 9:09am

Elaborate when the function is called too. I believe it is because of:
local DataStore = DataStoreService:GetDataStore(DataStore)

There are two workarounds:

Store the data stores in a table in the scope of the script(global) and get the data store there using the keys.
Caching the data(using the same method by using a table) and saving it in long intervals but also when the player leaves.

brinkokevin · September 2, 2019, 11:39am

This warning is referring to the cooldown between each write request sent. Make sure you are not saving the same key within 6 seconds.