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PL-500 · Question #56

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The correct answer is B. No. A Do Until loop is designed for iterative retry or polling scenarios, not for running two independent actions concurrently.

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Question

Note: This question is part of a series of questions that present the same scenario. Each question in the series contains a unique solution that might meet the stated goals. Some question sets might have more than one correct solution, while others might not have a correct solution. After you answer a question in this section, you will NOT be able to return to it. As a result, these questions will not appear in the review screen. You are creating a cloud flow that will use two Update Row actions to interact with Microsoft Dataverse. Neither of these actions are dependent on each other. You must minimize the amount of processing time require to complete the flow. You need to implement the actions in the cloud flow. Solution: Create a do until loop. Does the solution meet the goal?

Options

  • AYes
  • BNo

How the community answered

(31 responses)
  • A
    23% (7)
  • B
    77% (24)

Why each option

A Do Until loop is designed for iterative retry or polling scenarios, not for running two independent actions concurrently.

AYes

Selecting Yes is incorrect because a Do Until loop only introduces sequential repetition and conditional logic, neither of which reduces the combined processing time of two independent Update Row actions.

BNoCorrect

A Do Until loop repeatedly executes a set of actions sequentially until a specified condition is satisfied, which adds overhead and does not enable the two independent Update Row actions to run at the same time. This control structure is meant for conditional repetition, not for parallelizing unrelated actions to reduce overall execution time.

Concept tested: Power Automate loop controls vs. parallel branch execution

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-automate/parallel-modern-approvals

Topics

#Cloud flow design#Loop actions#Performance optimization#Dataverse actions

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