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scottexe24
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Power Platform Dataflow Upsert Error

Can someone help me understand possible reasons for this error?  I have a key on my table based on 13 columns that I'm trying to Merge into.  I was able to initially append records (without the key field).  Subsequently I created the key with no problem indicating that the combination of the 13 fields on each record is unique.  Then I tried to change the dataflow to a merge and upsert the same exact data and I get this error.

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scottexe24
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For anyone else running into this issue, I concatenated the 13 fields in my source query and created a new column in my target Dataverse table called "Merge_Key".  Then instead of creating the key on 13 columns I created it on this 1 new column and the merge operation worked.  I don't understand why, but seems to be working now.

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scottexe24
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For anyone else running into this issue, I concatenated the 13 fields in my source query and created a new column in my target Dataverse table called "Merge_Key".  Then instead of creating the key on 13 columns I created it on this 1 new column and the merge operation worked.  I don't understand why, but seems to be working now.

Anonymous
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Hi @scottexe24 

 

Check the following article, it might be helpful. 

Field mapping considerations for standard dataflows - Power Query | Microsoft Learn

 

According to my understanding on the article, using a combination of fields as an Alternate Key for Upsert operation was supposed to work. 

 

Best Regards,
Jing

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