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Posted on by johnjohn123 3,514

I have a SharePoint datasource named SNMItems and a collection named colSItems..

 

Now on the OnSuccess of the form >> i want to add the items inside the collection to the SharePoint list. i can do so using these 2 syntax:-

 

patchthemto did not use.png

 

OR

 

patch the collection to SharePoint list.png

 

now if we ignore the IsBlank check in the second syntax.. is there any technical differences between the 2 approaches?

thanks

 

 

 

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  • mdevaney Profile Picture
    mdevaney 29,991 Moderator on at

    @johnjohn123 

    It will produce the same result.  But you want to know the performance story open Power Apps monitor.  That will tell you the story of what’s happening behind the scenes.

     

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  • johnjohn123 Profile Picture
    johnjohn123 3,514 on at

    @mdevaney  Generally speaking which approach is more feasible concerning performance?

    Thanks

  • Ashwin7104 Profile Picture
    Ashwin7104 671 on at

    Hey @johnjohn123 ,

     

    Collect function execution is better compared to Patch. Please refer the below link

     

    https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Building-Power-Apps/Differences-between-Collect-and-Patch-Default/td-p/291715  

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    mdevaney 29,991 Moderator on at

    @johnjohn123 
    What I'm saying is you can determine this for yourself by opening up Power Apps monitor.  You can see the length of time each takes to perform and the number of API calls.

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