Not without some help, but, it seems, I’ve just uncovered a skeleton in my closet. Which turned out to be this old blog post I wrote back in September 2019:
Now, I stand corrected TWICE in just one day (just for the reference: https://crmtipoftheday.com/1372/synchronous-power-automate-flow-on-create-update-of-a-record/). That’s a little unusual feeling, but, well, the truth has to come out, so… What I wrote back then is incorrect. To my excuse, it was correct then based on what I knew then, but it has become incorrect some time between then and now. Which is precisely why licensing can be just as spooky and scary as those skeletons.
You are probably aware of the various API limits in CDS – if not, have a look at the following documentation page:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/common-data-service/api-limits-overview
If you are aware, but if you did not think twice of the batch requests, have a look there anyway.
There is lots of stuff there, but the reason I’m writing this post is that there is this note which was added some time in December 2019:
Entitlement limits … requests… include operations performed by… $batch (ExecuteMultiple)
To reiterate: for the entitlement limits, those individual requests within batch will still be counted separately, so, for example, this may have implications for the data migration, data integration, etc.
Just keep that in mind. And, with that said, let’s keep moving on.
Hi Alex
I think you are correct that this changed since your original article. A Microsoft technical rep told me when the API call limit changes were announced last year that batch API calls would be a viable strategy for reducing API calls. I was quite surprised when I read that it wasn’t in some doco I saw recently.
Hi Brad, yes, it seems the approach has changed at some point around November/December 2019