What is Polymorphic lookup in Microsoft Power Apps ?

This video explains how the Polymorphic lookup is and how it can be used within Dataverse tables for Microsoft Power Apps

Some of the information about Polymorphic lookup are listed below:
✔️ A lookup field that allows you to select record from more than 1 table
✔️ Out of the box available type: Customer
✔️ Polymorphic lookup cannot create a polymorphic lookup through UI
✔️ Polymorphic lookup can only be created through code
✔️ XRM toolbox tools (Polymorphic lookup creator) can be used to create polymorphic lookups
✔️ Polymorphic lookup doesn’t show complete referencing details in maker portal
✔️ Polymorphic lookup cannot use self-referencing
✔️ Iterating through lookup using API / Power Automate would need manual type checking
✔️ Referencing table with no content won’t be listed in the drop menu. However, ‘Advanced lookup’ will reveal all the referenced tables
✔️ Polymorphic Lookup using .net code / web-based API “CreatePolymorphicLookupAttribute Action”

Girish Uppal provides a high-level overview on the overall concept of lookup, polymorphic lookup and customer data type available within Microsoft Dataverse ecosystem.

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