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Cant Delete Column in dataverse due to Copilot view.

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Posted on by 11

Essentially I have copilot turned off for the environment and I am doing some work on a table which I wanted to update and remove an outdated column. Essentially the below "Copilot view "is stopping me as its acting as a dependency and I cant delete this column , it appears to be only a recent change. There is no view in the dataverse table with this copilot so I am confused on what is causing this dependency on the column.

 

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    ReubenS12 Profile Picture
    11 on at

    I found the solution below.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGPOyoGI-ZI&ab_channel=RamprakashDuraisamy

  • Community Power Platform Member Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    Thanks for posting this. I followed the directions in the video but I still can't delete the column because it says there is a dependency even though the column isn't in the view.

    This screenshot shows the dependency:

    Patriarch3257_2-1692815259392.png

     

    This screenshot shows that I have deleted all columns in the copilot view except the created on field:

    Patriarch3257_1-1692815084845.png

    I should be able to delete it but still can't.

     

  • David-CE Profile Picture
    2 on at

    I am having the same problem as Patriarch3257. I have followed the instructions in the video, the column isn't in the view but I still can't delete because Power Apps thinks there is a dependency.

  • ReubenS12 Profile Picture
    11 on at

    Try deleting the view itself.

  • Community Power Platform Member Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    I looked for that but I don't see the copilot view in the views list. I think it's a system view.

  • Linn Zaw Win Profile Picture
    2,996 on at

    @TheArrayOfThing shared the workaround solution in this thread that they managed to remove the dependency using the "View Designer" in XrmToolBox. 

    The "Copilot View" is visible for selection there - and removing the column via "Edit XML" AND via "Edit Query" does remove the dependency.

  • PowerBi-Rick Profile Picture
    80 on at

    Has anyone else found any other solutions besides XrmToolbox. I have some old Lookup tables that I am trying to remove so that I can export my solution without dependencies and I and number of them have these 'can't delete due to CoPilot Views" errors. It's annoying to be stymied by something I didn't create and that just appeared from a Microsoft addition.

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  • Verified answer
    PowerBi-Rick Profile Picture
    80 on at

    Struggled to solve it but was finally able to do this in Classic mode

     

    • Open Fields for the Entity
    • Double Click on Dependencies in the header - one of the options will be the CoPilot View.
    • Double click the CoPilot View to open the View, then under the Actions dropdown, click Delete to delete the View. Save and Close.

     

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