PL-900 Practice Question: Describe the business value of Microsoft Power Platform
A Power Automate flow fails when it tries to update a row in Dataverse that was modified by another user. The error indicates a 'concurrency conflict'. What is the likely cause and best solution?
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The flow lacks 'Enable Retry' setting; enable it and implement retry logic
Concurrency conflicts occur when multiple users or processes attempt to update the same Dataverse record at the same time. Power Automate flows can handle these conflicts gracefully by enabling the 'Enable Retry' setting on the action and implementing appropriate retry logic. When a conflict is detected, the flow can retry the operation after a brief delay, allowing the conflicting update to complete. Option A is correct because retry logic directly addresses the concurrency conflict. Option B is incorrect because changing triggers from asynchronous to synchronous does not resolve concurrency conflicts. Option C is incorrect because increasing timeout does not prevent or resolve the conflict. Option D is incorrect because Dataverse does not have a 'Concurrency' field that can be set to 'None'; concurrency control is built-in and cannot be disabled.
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The flow lacks 'Enable Retry' setting; enable it and implement retry logic
Why this is correct
Enabling retry with logic to handle conflicts allows the flow to succeed after a conflict.
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The flow uses asynchronous triggers; change to synchronous
Why it's wrong here
Synchronous triggers do not prevent concurrency conflicts.
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Increase the flow's timeout duration
Why it's wrong here
Timeout does not resolve concurrency conflicts.
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The Dataverse table has a 'Concurrency' field; set it to 'None'
Why it's wrong here
Dataverse does not have a configurable concurrency setting at the field level.
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