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I have a gallery where i patch the selected record. Im wondering whats the best practice? To have the gallery directly to the datasource or use a collection?
Hi @helpPowerApps,
I think it is best to have your gallery attached to a collection. This will reduce the amount of times you need to connect with your data source. This makes your app performance slightly faster.
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@AARON_C
ah i thought having the gallery connected to the datasource would be faster? So that theres no need to add ClearCollect to refresh the collection every time theres an update.
Hi @helpPowerApps ,
I typically use two collections - one that populates the gallery and another one that I use to patch the datasource. Problem with one collection is that if the collection that is populating the gallery is also being updated, the gallery will kind of "refresh" every time the collection gets updated providing for a bad user experience.
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Thanks!
Hardit Bhatia
Microsoft Business Applications MVP
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