Question
A company uses a Power Apps app with Microsoft Dataverse.
The company requires the import of records into Dataverse. Duplicate records in the data must be deleted without user intervention.
You create a duplicate detection rule.
You need to configure the rule for the data import.
Which option should you configure?
- A. Enable the During data import option. Correct
- B. Enable the Templates for Data Import option.
- C. Disable the Allow Duplicates option.
- D. Enable the When a record is created or updated option.
Explanation
Duplicate detection rules only define what counts as a duplicate; when detection runs is controlled by the environment's duplicate detection settings, which include When a record is created or updated, When Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Outlook goes from offline to online, and During data import. Enabling During data import makes the import process apply the published rules, so records that match an existing record are flagged and kept out of Dataverse automatically, with no user decision needed. Templates for Data Import only provide column layouts for import files, Allow Duplicates is a choice made during an individual import, and When a record is created or updated applies to manual creates and updates in the app, not to imports.
