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Can you, and if so, what is the best way to move tables from one environment to another?

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I usually export my app from development environment to the user environment. Since using dataverse, however, I realise that the app cannot be opened in the user environment. I believe this is the case due to the tables still being in the dev environment (not 100% but seems logical).

My worry now is that if I also export and import the data tables themselves, then they will not be linked and any changes I make to the table in one environment will not be reflected in the other.

a) Is this the case?

b) Is there a way to move tables from one env to another whilst keeping them linked so that changes in one are reflected in the other?

c) Is there a generally agreed upon practice to move tables from one env to another?

Thanks in advance,

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Jonathan Manrique 2,695 on at

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Hi @SasaanK

You must work with solutions where you include all the components (including tables) that are part of your application

I share with you the Microsoft article where it talks about ALM

https://learn.microsoft.com/es-es/power-platform/alm/overview-alm

There are the recommended practices

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Tables in different environments are not "linked". If you add a column to Table A in DEV, it won't automatically be added in QA or PROD, etc. You need to add the Table to a Solution. You can then export the Solution from DEV (ideally as a managed solution) and then import the solution to QA and then your new column will exist in QA.

A newer feature is Pipelines. You can utilize pipelines for a solution so you don't need to do the export and import manually yourself. You can find details on that feature here - https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/alm/pipelines.

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