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Taylor Brazelton edited this page Sep 7, 2023 · 10 revisions

Note: Exercise caution when performing any of these actions to mitigate the risk of unintended consequences.

How to Resolve Missing Connection Reference Entities During Import of Unmanaged Solution?

If you're facing this issue, perform the following steps:

  1. Navigate to the flow's Overview page which is dependent on the problematic connectionreference.
  2. Click on Owners, then Edit.
  3. Scroll down to the section named Embedded Connection References.
  4. Remove all items listed under Other Connection References.

These references are extraneous and not actively utilized by your flow. Removing them should resolve the issue.

Why Am I Seeing Old Dependencies When Importing a Solution?

The exported solution captures the "live" version of your app. To include your latest changes in the export, follow these steps:

  1. Open Solution Explorer.
  2. Select your app.
  3. Click the ellipses (...) for additional options.
  4. Choose Details, then go to Versions.
  5. Select the version you wish to include in your export.

How to Deal with Dropdown Values or RFC Function Parameter Caching?

The Power Platform may cache query results from your SAP system. This could mean that subsequent queries do not reflect the latest changes in SAP. To force a cache refresh:

  • Turn off the flow and then turn it back on.

How to change an environment variables value for a managed solution.

  1. Change the variables value via the Default Solution
  2. Turn all flows off and then back on so the new value is used.

Source: Third Bullet point on this page. Use environment variables in solutions - Power Apps | Microsoft Learn

Managed Flow within a solution not turning On?

  1. Make sure the connection references are pointed at valid connections within your account.
  2. Double check and possibly delete the unmanaged layer ontop of that flow.

What is the Purpose of the processCanvasApps Flag During Downloads?

GIT is designed to track changes in text-based files. However, it lacks support for performing a diff on .msapp files. To work around this, the processCanvasApps flag is used during the downloading process. This enables us to unpack the .msapp files using the Power Platform CLI. As a result, all changes become trackable and easily viewable in your GitHub repository.

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