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Hello,

I have the following issue:

I have a flow that uses list row from dataverse table action to find if a specific customer id exists in the table. The table has only one column (the customer id) and about 2 million records. This action takes about 400-600ms in 90% of the cases, but it appears to be cases where it takes more than 10 seconds. Why is that happening and how can I overcome this? I believe that if I stop it after 3 seconds and run it again and retry in this way 2-3 times it will succeed. I have tried that with the timeout and retry policy but it doesn't seem to work. Does anybody have any idea?

Best regards,

Katerina

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Using flows

@asynadinou It's hard to offer any recommendations without seeing your full flow and the logic behind it. If you are using the new designer, toggle it off and click each action to expand it. Upload a screenshot of your flow in edit mode.

If your List Rows action is nested inside an Apply to Each action — this may be your issue. It's always best practice to have this action outside of an Apply to Each loop and only run it once. Use a Filter Array action to filter out items returned.

If you aren't familiar with the Filter Array action, you may be interested in these YT Tutorials:

Are you using the Microsoft Power Automate Filter Array Action wrong?

In this video tutorial I’ll show you 3 practical ways to use the Filter Array action and how to use it properly.
1️⃣ Cross-Referencing Data
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3️⃣ Substring Matching

Did you know that the Condition action has a limit of 10 conditions? Although it might look like the Filter Array action can only accept one condition—this is not true. By using the advanced mode you can enter multiple conditions into a Filter Array action with an expression.

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✓ How the Filter Array Action Works
✓ How to Access the Dynamic Content from a Filter Array Action
✓ How to Filter Items by a Key
✓ How to Filter Items by Matching a Substring
✓ How to Use Multiple Conditions in a Filter Array Action

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Filter Array + Apply to Each: The Best Tip You Need to Know

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✓ The Easiest Way to Access Dynamic Content from Filter Array
✓ Fixing Nested Apply to Each Actions
✓ When to Use Value vs. Body Dynamic Content
✓ Simplifying Power Automate Flows with Filter Array
✓ Troubleshooting Filter Array and Apply to Each Issues

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3 Mistakes YOU 🫵 are Making with the Apply to Each Action in your Microsoft Power Automate Flow

In this video tutorial I’ll go over how to avoid these common mistakes when using the Apply to Each action in a Power Automate flow:
1️⃣ Looping through a Single Item
2️⃣ Creating Unnecessary Nested Loops
3️⃣ Looping through an Unfiltered Array

At the end of the video I share a few helpful insights when it comes to using the Apply to Each action in your flow.

IN THIS VIDEO:
✓ How to avoid the Apply to Each action with a single item array
✓ How to use the item() function to access dynamic content in an array
✓ How to prevent unnecessary nested Apply to Each action loops
✓ How to use the Select action
✓ How to convert an array to a string with the Select action
✓ How to use the Filter Query field
✓ How to count the number of items in an array
✓ How to use a condition control
✓ How to use the concurrency control
✓ How to set a top count
✓ How to use Compose actions for troubleshooting

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