Question 650
At Timberline Foods, the supply-chain systems team is implementing a vendor onboarding project under requirements for continuous approved supplier status. After the proposed change, the release reviewer requires evidence for: A partner system creates a second customer every time the same external identifier is replayed. Which result BEST proves the intended fix is effective?
Explanation
Correct Answer
Replaying a customer record updates the existing row and the total customer count stays constant. This directly tests whether the reported failure has been corrected: A partner system creates a second customer every time the same external identifier is replayed. The intended action was Define an alternate key on the external identifier and upsert using the corresponding key-based identity. The observed Timberline Foods outcome is stronger evidence than a completed ticket or a saved configuration alone.
Incorrect Answers
A source deletion is reflected by the agreed downstream retention rule without orphaned active rows. Such evidence would validate a different change: A source system deletes a customer record but the synchronization process imports only additions and updates. It follows the separate remedy Handle documented change-tracking delete tombstones and map them to authorized target deletion or archival policy. The Timberline Foods scenario instead reports A partner system creates a second customer every time the same external identifier is replayed. The decisive observation must be: Replaying a customer record updates the existing row and the total customer count stays constant.
A sync after a small update retrieves only changed records and correctly advances its checkpoint. Such evidence would validate a different change: An integration polls the full Accounts table each hour to find changes and spends most of its quota on unchanged rows. It follows the separate remedy Enable and use Dataverse change tracking with a retained change token for incremental synchronization. The Timberline Foods scenario instead reports A partner system creates a second customer every time the same external identifier is replayed. The decisive observation must be: Replaying a customer record updates the existing row and the total customer count stays constant.
Changing an email address keeps the same contact identity and does not create an unwanted duplicate. Such evidence would validate a different change: A sync pipeline uses contact email as its unique key even though a person can change email and multiple contacts can share a mailbox. It follows the separate remedy Choose a stable immutable external identifier as the Dataverse alternate key rather than a mutable display attribute. The Timberline Foods scenario instead reports A partner system creates a second customer every time the same external identifier is replayed. The decisive observation must be: Replaying a customer record updates the existing row and the total customer count stays constant.