Improving application speed and responsiveness by using static data
When working with cloud data, there are situations where the data collection process can be slow. Many factors can add delays when obtaining data: network speed, signal strength, and data source infrastructure, to name a few.
That’s why you need to think about the data you are working with: Where is it located? What is its availability? How changeable is it?
We will try to add a solution to the last question in this recipe. If data doesn’t change, why not make it static? We are not talking about adding the data in the actual code; we will add the data as a resource for the application, just like when adding an image.
Getting ready
As an example of data that rarely changes, we have provided a list of countries in an Excel file, countries.xlsx, in this chapter’s repository: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Microsoft-Power-Apps-Cookbook-Second-Edition/tree/main/Chapter03
