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Hello , while am exporting the Power Apps application for backup .. i Got the error as cannot find entity _ in the database while trying to find references. Error in exporting app am Not Getting weather to delete an Existing entity from CDS and Re create it Please Help me out asap

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  • aorth Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    To help understand the issue you are having, can you share which page or list you were on?  Are you exporting a Canvas App from the apps list with a button "Export package (preview)" or in Solution Explorer using "Export Solution" button?

  • Renuka1 Profile Picture
    4 on at

    Hello experts,

    i have created a application in PowerApps that uses CDS database .

    now i want to have a backup of the application,

    when i tried to export it ,am getting  the following error , where as the entity is present in the CDS database, and when i tried to refresh this  entity from datasource in the application i get try again warning

     

    Please help me asap 

    Thanks in advance

     

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  • Renuka1 Profile Picture
    4 on at

    Hello,

    recently i  tried to export the same application , now  can able to move  from the screen where i got the previous error  to the next screen (presently  i attached the screenshot of the screen).

    in this screen, am getting the following error even though  am choosing the action as createNew or update for Application ,

    overwrite or merge for entity or picklist,

    update or createnew for flows .

     

     

     

     

     

     

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