Command Bar | Power Fx | Clone a record along with child records
In one of the previous articles, I’ve explained how to perform a simple record level clone using Power Fx formulas. In this article,
The article discusses issues surrounding record cloning using Power Fx in a Model Driven App with three Dataverse tables.
- The application holds Customer, Cars, and Accessories tables.
- Customer records include demographics such as name, address, and contact information.
- The Cars table, a child record of Customer, holds records of cars associated with each customer.
- The Accessories table is a child record of the Car table, with each car having multiple linked accessories.
About Record Cloning in PowerFx
Record cloning in Power Fx involves creating a new record which is a copy of an existing one. It's particularly useful in scenarios of complex data which includes parent and child records. It helps to avoid the effort of manually entering the same data for new records. The Clone option in an application serves the purpose of duplicating a record along with its associated details.
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Microsoft Power Fx is a powerful tool that can be used to clone a record along with its child records. When using this tool, it is important to understand the data structure of the Model Driven App being used. For example, the App could have three Dataverse tables: Customer, Cars, and Accessories. Customer holds demographic information such as name, address, and contact information. Cars is a child record of Customer, meaning each Customer can have multiple cars associated with them. Accessories is a child record of Car table, meaning each car can have multiple accessories linked to it. By using Power Fx, a Clone option can be added to the Customer form that will clone and create a new Customer along with its related Cars and Accessories. Through Power Fx, it is possible to specify which fields should be cloned and how the records should be linked. This article explains how to use Power Fx to clone a record along with its child records.
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