Question

A field technician canvas app connects to a Dataverse table of maintenance tasks. Technicians frequently work in areas with no network connectivity. The app must let them view previously loaded task data and record status updates while offline, then reconcile the changes when connectivity returns. Which approach should you implement to persist the task data locally and allow it to be reloaded when the device is offline?

Accepted Answer

Use SaveData to write a local collection to device storage after loading tasks, and LoadData to restore it in OnStart when the app opens offline.

Answer

Store the tasks in a global variable with Set in OnStart and rely on the variable persisting between sessions.

Answer

Enable the app's Delayed load setting and wrap all data calls in Concurrent so they cache automatically.

Answer

Create a Power Automate cloud flow that emails the technician a copy of the task list each morning.