# Slow Data Explorer queries

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**Category:** Data & reporting\
**Tags:** performance\
**Created:** [January 1, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slow-data-explorer-queries/290217 "2024-01-01T20:49:35Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 1, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/slow-data-explorer-queries/290217/5 "2024-01-01T21:54:53Z")

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> [@n1bff](#):
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> My query uses them for JOINs but not in the result set. The SELECT only has one column and that is a newly calculated one with a arbitrary name.

What does NGINX say the server time is for the request, could this be a network issue?

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