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How do you guys feed data into your development and test environments?

I set up dataflows from production to my development environment, but everytime they run, they get added to the solution where the tables they feed data into are. And everytime I have to deploy the solution, I need to manually remove the dataflows from it, otherwise the deployment fails.

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11manish 1,937 on at

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The issue occurs because dataflows in Microsoft Dataverse are solution-aware and get added to your solution, causing deployment failures in Microsoft Power

Platform.

Best Approach:

Keep dataflows outside solutions (use Default Solution)

Do not include them in deployments

Recommended Alternatives:

Use data migration tools or scripts for seeding data

Recreate dataflows separately in each environment if needed

Use sample or masked data instead of full production sync

Key Idea:

Solutions = App (metadata)

Dataflows = Data movement (keep separate)

This separation avoids deployment issues and keeps environments clean.

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MS.Ragavendar 6,840 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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@MB-10040948-0,

I would like to understand is your data flow is also part of your main solution If Yes, Why it was like that >

In real time scenarios, We will used to ingest the data outside solution not inside the solution, If you want solution based approach I would recommend you keep them in a separate Data Ingestion Solution.

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rezarizvii 335 on at

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Hi @MB-10040948-0, hope you are doing well.

I usually keep dataflows outside solutions completely and just let them write to the tables. Keeps ALM clean and avoids exactly this issue.

If you still want them there, easiest way is to maintain a separate solution just for dataflows and never include it in deployments.

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