`DisplayCollectionName` uses naive + "s" pluralization in tables.create()
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Since Jun 25, 2026.
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Description
When creating a table, DisplayCollectionName is always set by appending "s" to the label:
Code:
- https://github.com/microsoft/PowerPlatform-DataverseClient-Python/blob/f81440d0292933d121127f84677d317fd1f08523/src/PowerPlatform/Dataverse/data/_odata.py#L2121
- https://github.com/microsoft/PowerPlatform-DataverseClient-Python/blob/f81440d0292933d121127f84677d317fd1f08523/src/PowerPlatform/Dataverse/data/_odata.py#L1020
where label is either the provided display_name or falls back to the table schema name. Both paths are affected. Examples of incorrect results:
display_name |
Current result | Expected |
|---|---|---|
"Person" |
"Persons" |
"People" |
"Category" |
"Categorys" |
"Categories" |
"new_Person" (schema fallback) |
"new_Persons" |
"new_People" |
Location: src/PowerPlatform/Dataverse/data/_odata.py, _build_create_entity() (also _create_table() which delegates to it)
Proposed fix: Evaluate and consider a lightweight pluralization library (e.g. inflect).
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