PL-200 Question #287: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

Question

A company is evaluating the capabilities in Dataverse and the scenarios for using virtual tables. You need to identify the capabilities of virtual tables. What is a capability of virtual tables?

Options

• AVirtual tables store data in the Dataverse environment.
• BVirtual tables retrieve data from an external data source.
• CVirtual tables can be configured for user and team ownership.
• DVirtual tables support Dataverse auditing.

Explanation

The defining capability of virtual tables in Dataverse is that they retrieve data in real time from an external data source without storing that data inside Dataverse.

Common mistakes.

• A. Virtual tables do not store data in the Dataverse environment - data remains in the external source and is only read through the virtual table provider at query time.
• C. Virtual tables only support organization ownership and do not support user or team ownership, which is a known limitation compared to standard Dataverse tables.
• D. Dataverse auditing is not supported for virtual tables because audit logs require data to be written to Dataverse, which virtual tables bypass.

Concept tested. Dataverse virtual tables external data retrieval capability

Reference. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-apps/maker/data-platform/create-edit-virtual-entities

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