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Why is No Cascade enforced for virtual table relationships and how to fix

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I have a custom table in a 1:N relationship with a virtual table and I noticed that when I deleted the row from the custom table the references to its GUID were not removed from my virtual table. I then noticed that the relationship for delete was Cascade.None

So I tried to create the relationship again setting Delete to 'Remove Link' and got the error:

For Relationships referencing Virtual Entites, Cascade link type must be No Cascade

Why is that? How am I supposed to maintain referential integrity otherwise with a virtual table?

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Michael E. Gernaey 53,433 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi @camer314

The answer is because Virtual Tables are not storing data in the physical dataverse database. So there is no way for it to be treated as such.

It has always been this way. You would need to create a plugin, or a workflow, so that when you delete the record on the other side, it can delete the Virtual Table Data.

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Thanks @FLMike

I would argue though that the Dataverse is entirely capable of putting the reference GUID into the virtual table so logically it should be equally capable of removing it but I guess if that's the way it works then yes will have to create a plugin, or just live with it.

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