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Hey friends 🙂

 

So I've been reading a bit but just need some clarification. I have a large list in SP that has affected delegation and search engine issue in my Power App. I'd like to completely move this Sharepoint list to Common Data Service to improve capabilities. But I want it to be completely moved there, I don't want to have to refresh it or anything. 

If I use Power Query to get the data from the SP list, is that the route that I should go? Because I feel like if I do that then I will still have to refresh the list? But I really just want people to work directly in CDS with this data now.....

 

Thanks

-T

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    SeanHenderson Profile Picture
    1,104 on at

    Hi @TorreyFalconer 

     

    SharePoint to CDS import is actually pretty easy. Follow these steps:

    1) Create your entity in CDS for the SharePoint list.

    2) Add the fields into CDS that were your columns in SharePoint. Be sure to use the same data type, and populate your option sets the same as they were in SharePoint.

    3) Export your SharePoint list as an excel file:

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    Open this file and save it as a CSV.

    4) Go to the Data Import Wizard. From make.powerapps.com just click the gear in the top right corner and either click Advanced settings > The arrow next to settings along the top > Data Management >Imports > Import Data along the top

    or from the gear:

    Admin center > Environments > select your environment from the list > Settings > Data Management > Imports > Import data along the top.

    Either route will get you into the data import wizard:

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    5) Upload your csv and it will walk you through the steps of mapping your data.

    This is a much more reliable method for data import, especially if you have something like a SharePoint list that you can easily turn into a CSV file.

     

    Let me know if you have any issues.

     

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  • PurpleDeveloper Profile Picture
    135 on at

    How would you import Sharepoint List Attachments? They don't get exported into the excel sheet

  • TorreyFalconer Profile Picture
    204 on at

    @PurpleDeveloper ya that actually has been a challenge with this method. Still working that out.

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