Question 430
At fictional Cedar Retail Group, the Business Central development team is supporting store procurement and finance and reviewing external-service integration during a troubleshooting exercise (MB820-6.2-196). The observed development issue is that a read-heavy API integration slows down transactional writes because it competes with primary operations. Which AL development or design response most directly addresses this issue?
Explanation
Correct Answer
The most direct corrective response is to evaluate supported read scale-out patterns for appropriate read workloads without compromising consistency needs. This addresses the specific failure where a read-heavy API integration slows down transactional writes because it competes with primary operations. Acceptance evidence is that read traffic is routed as intended while write operations remain correct.
Incorrect Answers
“Publish a compatible new API contract or supported API page design rather than assuming API page extension is available” concerns the separate step “publish a compatible new API contract or supported API page design rather than assuming API page extension is available”. The reported issue is that a read-heavy API integration slows down transactional writes because it competes with primary operations, so the direct response is to evaluate supported read scale-out patterns for appropriate read workloads without compromising consistency needs.
“Design appropriate API page parts or supported related entity navigation with stable keys” concerns the alternative task “design appropriate API page parts or supported related entity navigation with stable keys”, but the stated failure is that a read-heavy API integration slows down transactional writes because it competes with primary operations. The required measure is to evaluate supported read scale-out patterns for appropriate read workloads without compromising consistency needs.
The proposed “Expose only the minimal approved fields and apply entitlement and permission rules” tests a different control: expose only the minimal approved fields and apply entitlement and permission rules. The reported condition is that a read-heavy API integration slows down transactional writes because it competes with primary operations; the more direct action is to evaluate supported read scale-out patterns for appropriate read workloads without compromising consistency needs.