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Question 37
Scenario: The British East India Company (EIC)—a historic joint-stock company now modernized with Dataverse—has implemented a scheduled cloud flow to update records. However, the flow is experiencing intermittent failures
What tools or techniques can be used to diagnose and troubleshoot these intermittent failures in Power Automate?
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A
Restart the Dataverse environment and try running the flow again.
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B
Ask the Dataverse administrator to manually update the records.
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C
Review the flow's run history, check the input/output of each action for errors, and use "Peek code" for expressions.
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D
Create a new, identical flow and see if it also fails intermittently.
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Correct answer: C
Explanation
To diagnose intermittent flow failures in Power Automate for a flow that updates Dataverse records, the most effective approach is: Review the flow's run history, check the input/output of each action for errors, and use "Peek code" for expressions.
This method allows you to:
See exactly when and why failures occur.
Analyze inputs and outputs of failed actions.
Use "Peek code" to inspect dynamic content or expressions that may be misbehaving.
The following approaches are not ideal or incorrect:
Ask the Dataverse administrator to manually update the records.
This doesn't diagnose the root cause. It’s a workaround, not a troubleshooting step.Create a new, identical flow and see if it also fails intermittently.
This may help rule out configuration issues, but it's inefficient and doesn't provide diagnostics.Restart the Dataverse environment and try running the flow again.
This is drastic and rarely helpful for intermittent flow failures, unless there's a known system outage.
A. Restarting the Dataverse environment and trying to run the flow again may temporarily resolve the issue if it is related to a system glitch or temporary disruption. However, this approach does not address the underlying cause of the intermittent failures and may not prevent future occurrences.
B. Asking the Dataverse administrator to manually update the records is not a recommended approach for diagnosing intermittent flow failures. Manually updating records does not help in identifying the root cause of the issue and may not provide a long-term solution to prevent future failures.
C. Reviewing the flow's run history, checking the input/output of each action for errors, and using "Peek code" for expressions can help identify any specific issues or errors that may be causing the intermittent failures. This approach allows for a detailed analysis of the flow's execution and can provide insights into potential root causes of the failures.
D. Creating a new, identical flow to see if it also fails intermittently can help determine if the issue is specific to the original flow or if it is a more systemic problem. However, this approach may not provide immediate insights into the root cause of the failures and may require additional troubleshooting to identify and address the underlying issue.
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