Restore deleted Microsoft Dataverse table records (preview)
[This article is pre-release documentation and is subject to change.]
As part of the regular business processes with Microsoft Dataverse, users often delete records or transactions either manually or systematically, either planned or by accident, via system processes, single selection, multiple selections, and bulk deletion. Retrieving deleted data is hard and often records aren't always recoverable. To address this limitation, the recycle bin is available to recover table record data from most types of delete scenarios within a specified configurable time frame.
Developers should read Restore deleted records with code (preview) to learn how to interact with this feature using code.
Important
- This is a preview feature.
- Preview features aren’t meant for production use and may have restricted functionality. These features are available before an official release so that customers can get early access and provide feedback.
- This feature is currently being deployed and might not yet be available in your region.
- Any storage used by the recycle bin doesn't count against your organization's storage capacity.
- The recycle bin feature isn't available for Dataverse for Teams.
Prerequisites
To use this feature, it must be enabled in the environment where you want to restore Dataverse table records.
Enable restore table records
Sign in to the Power Platform admin center as an admin (Dynamics 365 admin or Microsoft Power Platform admin).
Select Environments and open the environment you want.
Select Settings > Product > Features.
Scroll down to view the Recycle Bin settings.
- Turn On the Recycle Bin setting.
- Specify the time interval, to be able to restore table records. You can restore table records up to 30 days after the record was deleted.
View and restore the deleted records in Power Apps
Viewing and acting on the deleted records in the Power Apps user experience is only enabled for System Administrators in the preview phase.
- Sign in to the Power Platform admin center as a user with the system administrator security role.
- Select Environments and open the environment you want to view and restore deleted records.
- Go to Settings > Data management > View Deleted Records.
- You can view all the deleted records from all tables in a new tab.
- Select one or more records you wish to restore, and then select Restore on the command bar.
- Select Ok to confirm the action to restore.
Limitations
Some records aren't restored
Some organizations add custom business logic that deletes records related to a record that is deleted. To restore related records deleted by custom business logic, you need to apply the opposite logic on the Restore operation to recover the records when you restore the original record that was deleted.
Records deleted via the table relationship cascade behavior process can be restored. For more information about cascade behavior, go to Configure table relationship cascading behavior.
Deleted records aren't shown after turning on the recycle bin
Deleted records might not appear when the recycle bin feature is turned on. Verify that the Enable RecycleBin for Organization system job is turned on. Go to the Power Platform admin center, select the environment where this issue is happening, and select Settings > Audit and logs > System jobs. On the System Jobs page, search for Enable RecycleBin. Confirm that the Status Reason is Succeeded.
If the Status Reason isn't Succeeded, or despite the success state appearing correct, and you're not seeing the Restore option for deleted records, contact a Microsoft support representative and create a support request.
Records deleted through cascading behaviors aren't present in Deleted Records view
Records that were deleted through automated, cascading behaviors can't be restored independently. These records need to be restored in the order in which they were deleted. The original record that was deleted must be restored before any related records that were deleted through automated cascading behaviors.
For more information about cascading behavior, go to Configure table relationship cascading behavior.
Tables not supported
When recycle bin is generally available, it will be enabled for most tables.
Some tables won't support recycle bin. These tables include:
- Virtual tables
- Tables that store solution components
- Elastic tables
During the preview, some tables with large numbers of columns aren't currently supported. Currently, the maximum number of columns is 400. This value might go higher or lower as we determine the correct threshold.
Developers can run a query that returns which tables are enabled for recycle bin in your environment.
Tables not currently supported for Recycle Bin
These tables are returned from the query to detect which tables don't have recycle bin enabled an uncustomized Dataverse environment as of August 2024.
Your environment might have different results. Tables customized by adding large numbers of columns might not be supported.
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