PL-200 · Question #302
Case Study 3 - Bellows College Background Bellows College is a post-secondary school that wants to start a football team. The college uses Microsoft Power Platform to manage its recruiting efforts…
The correct answer is B. Column. To store small, structured pieces of data directly within a Dataverse record and minimize storage costs, creating a new column is the appropriate approach.
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- AAttachment
- BColumn
- CNotes
- DSharePoint
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(43 responses)- A7% (3)
- B74% (32)
- C16% (7)
- D2% (1)
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To store small, structured pieces of data directly within a Dataverse record and minimize storage costs, creating a new column is the appropriate approach.
Attachments are used for storing larger files (like documents or images) associated with a record, which directly contributes to Dataverse file storage.
A column is the fundamental Dataverse component for storing specific, structured data directly within a table's record. This method is efficient for small text values and does not typically contribute to the higher storage costs associated with large files.
Notes are primarily for storing unstructured textual comments or small files, which can be less efficient for structured data that needs querying or complex logic.
SharePoint is used to offload large document storage from Dataverse, but it is not for storing small, structured pieces of data directly within a Dataverse record.
Concept tested: Dataverse data storage options
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-apps/maker/data-platform/types-of-fields
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