After yesterdays post about preloading my Power Apps, today I found another feature related to performance in my newly created apps only.
Use longer data cache timeout and background refresh
When fetching data from SharePoint, Common Data Service, SQL Server, or other tabular data sources a 30 second cache is used to reduce network traffic. This experimental setting extends the cache timeout to 1 minute and refreshes in the background to improve the overall responsiveness of your app.
This feature is listed under experimental features however it is enabled by default when I create a new app. I’m not 100% sure if that is a great idea as the description of experimental features includes that it may disappear.
This is definitely a feature that needs further testing as it seems to affect the way my data is refreshed within an app.
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Pieter Veenstra
Is your business still running on paper trails, sprawling Excel files, or ageing Access databases? There's a better way — and I can show you exactly what it looks like. I'm the Technical Director of Vantage 365, a Microsoft solutions consultancy working with clients across the UK, the Netherlands, and worldwide. For over 30 years I've been turning messy, manual business processes into clean, automated systems that save time, reduce errors, and give teams the visibility they need to make better decisions. SharePains is not just any blog run by a Microsoft MVP. Have you ever used Try-Catch in Power Automate? The original post about Try-Catch in Power Automate can still be found on this site, https://sharepains.com/2018/02/07/try-catch-finally-in-power-automate-flow/ Or have you ever used the Pieter’s method to avoid variables and speed up your flows? https://sharepains.com/2020/03/11/pieters-method-for-advanced-in-flows/ You can contact me using contact@sharepains.com