How to restore the screen when data connection was deleted accidently

[Anupama_live]

Hello All,

I had this real time scenario, where I deleted the data connection that was majorly used in a form control accidently instead of refreshing(sometimes when we stretch too long late night, accident would happen). All my 6-7 hrs work was distorted as it affected the functional changes, UI and everything. I tried undo- ing , but not of any help. 

In such scenarios, can someone direct what need to be done. May be, if happens in future, could avert or fix it immediately rather spending another couple of hours in recreating.

@ShaneYoung @WarrenBelz @developerAJ @Ethan_R @timl 

Thanks

Anupama

[WarrenBelz]

Hi @Anupama_live ,

I know an obvious question, but I assume you immediately re-connected the data source ? Also what is your data source ?

[developerAJ]

@Anupama_live 

ideally if you delete the DataSource mistakenly. All you need to do is readd the DataSource There should not be any errors.

My recommendation would be try saving the changes with version notes for every 2/3 hrs or whenever you take a break this helps to remember the changes you did. this is something i follow and it helped me a lot

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[Ethan_R · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anupama_live ,

Let's say datasource is deleted and your App's datasources are refreshed so you may get errors on entire screen. 

If something happens, you can create your data source again and add components again. Edit your App and re-connect the Datasource, most of your content will get old references back if the naming is correct, minor changes would be necessary.

What's precautionary steps:

1. Create things in your Solution and make sure you have frequent publishing and taking backup of your solution after major changes. 

2. Save your App in frequent changes also add descriptive Notes on major change complete, so if necessary to restore, you can read notes and restore.

3. Maintain a local or recommended online backup (Git or DevOps) of such solution folders. (make sure you keep version number same as long as you aren't updating entire change on other environments.) 

Hope these steps doesn't create major impact on your development if accidents take place.

[Anupama_live]

Hi @WarrenBelz ,

Thanks for your reply. Yes, as assumed, I re-connected the datasource which is a SharePoint list. Their were some conditional functionality implemented, which had to be redo'ed as my previous saved version didn't include that. But the major task was with the UI - which surprised me.

[Anupama_live]

Thanks @developerAJ for your reply and suggestion. Noted.  Yes, indeed that was the thing i learned from this of saving work every 30 min. For me, the reconnecting data source did fixed for some controls. What majorily affected was the UI which is quite unexpected. Their were text control, drop down which turned unresponsive.

[Anupama_live]

Thanks @Ethan_R for your suggestions. Noted.

Wow, integrating with Github/Devops is something I didn't knew PowerApp do have and it is really interesting to find a experimental feature in Settings. It is a great insight. I would try it.