Accelerate application lifecycle management for virtual tables

Enabled for	Public preview	General availability
Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically	-	Nov 22, 2024

Business value

Virtual tables with this feature will be solution aware. You will be able to add virtual tables to a solution and export and import them into different environments.

Feature details

Environment variables play a key role in the application lifecycle management (ALM) process, allowing for seamless movement of applications across different Power Platform environments. When creating a virtual table, you can now associate it with its own environment variable.

To take advantage of this functionality, simply select Use environment variables when choosing a connection for your data source during virtual table creation. This feature links the environment variable directly to the virtual table provider, offering flexibility to modify data sources when importing the virtual table into a new environment.

The environment variable for a virtual table contains references to a connection reference. During solution import into a target environment, the developer or maker can modify or edit the connection reference.

Additional resources

Create virtual tables using a virtual connector provider (docs)