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PL-900 Practice Question: A Power Pages site is experiencing slow load…
A Power Pages site is experiencing slow load times because it loads all records from a large Dataverse table. The site uses a list component to display data. What is the most effective way to improve performance without custom code?
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Why each option matters
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Correct answer & explanation
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Add a FetchXML filter to the list to load only the necessary records.
Power Pages list components can use FetchXML to filter data server-side, reducing data transfer. Paging in the browser still loads all data if not filtered. OData filters are less efficient. Caching is not a standard feature.
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Option-by-option breakdown
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Use an OData query parameter to limit the number of records.
Why it's wrong here
OData queries are less efficient and may not be supported in all list components.
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Enable client-side caching in the site settings.
Why it's wrong here
Client-side caching is not a built-in Power Pages feature.
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Implement server-side paging by setting the 'Page Size' property in the list configuration.
Why it's wrong here
Paging still loads all records; it only displays a subset.
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Add a FetchXML filter to the list to load only the necessary records.
Why this is correct
FetchXML filters the query at the server to return only needed records.
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