I my PowerApp I want to delete records in a table with RemoveIf, but it doesn't remove all records selected with the condition parameter.
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| Remove record(s) in PowerApps |
Solution
This problem occurs when the source table has more than 500 records. Because RemoveIf is a non-deligated function it will not deligate the delete instruction to the source. Instead it will first get 500 records (that number can be changed) and then delete only within these 500 records.
There are two solutions:
1) Change Data row limit for non-delegable queries
One option is to change that magic 500 number to for example 1000. You can do this in the App Settings under Advanced settings, but there is one caveat when changing that. It could cause performance issues because it will then first 'download' the 1000 records before it will start deleting.
And what if you have tens of thousands of records or even millions? That is not something you want to 'download' to your app! So be careful with this magic number.
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| Data row limit for non-delegable queries |
2) Use Microsoft Flow
An alternative is to use Microsoft Flow to delete records in large tables. You can create a new Action for your button that executes a Microsoft Flow that does the deletion via a Stored Procedure or query.
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| Adding Microsoft Flow to your PowerApps |
There is of course a little downside. The free edition of Flow only allows 750 runs per month and the Office 365 only 2000 runs per month. Above these numbers you need Flow Plan 1 or 2 with 4500 and 15000 runs per month. Or you can buy an additional 50000 runs per month for USD $40.00. If you are sure you don't need these high numbers then you have a good, free alternative.
Conclusion
This post showed you two alternative solutions both with their own pros and cons. There is a third alternative which I haven't tested yet and that is to create a custom connector. Or you could just add a PowerApps Idea to suggest Microsoft to solve this and post the URL in the comments below.
