Basics of Dataverse Solutions
Let’s begin with the very basics of what solutions are in Dataverse. Essentially, they are containers. A Solution can contain certain customizations for the Power Platform and is used to transport those customizations from one environment to another.
When two unmanaged solutions contain the same component, a change to this component in one solution will be reflected in the second solution as well. This is because solutions basically only contain pointers to components, which means they don’t contain the component or customization it represents.
Customization versus data
As mentioned earlier, solutions only can contain customization and no data. This section will explain the difference.
Customization is everything that can be done in the maker portal, or all the metadata to define a solution. This includes the following:
- Tables:
- Fields
- Relationships
- Views
- Forms
- Business rules
- Power Automate flows (both Cloud flows and...
