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title: Mobile fetch types
description: Fetch type settings determine when data is loaded in your screens. Change your fetch type to optimize load time performance for your screens.
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last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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# Mobile fetch types

Fetch type settings determine when data is loaded in your screens. Change your fetch type to optimize load time performance for your screens.

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Fetch type

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Description

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Usage

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Prefetch

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Prefetch is the default fetch type for new screens, except form and details. This option pre-loads record screen data while when your user accesses a list, calendar, or record screen. Lists may take longer to load, but form load time is faster.

 **Note:** As of the Yokohama family release, the prefetch fetch type no longer pre-loads embedded record screen data in a list screen. Instead, it is a redirect that enhances the transition between online and offline states.

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This fetch type is the default for most screens. Use this fetch type when the form and form segments do not take much additional time to load.

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Background

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The app makes a background network request to load embedded screens or form segments. Embedded screens and form segments load instantly once the background request completes.

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Use this fetch type when a screen is not the first loaded, but one your users are likely to navigate to. For example, a related list associated with a form.

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On Demand

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The app makes a network request to load the screen only when your users navigate to it.

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Use this fetch type when a screen is not expected to be used often.

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Dynamic

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The screens for the first 10 rows load as described in the **prefetch** type. After 10 first rows, the app loads screens as defined in the**on demand** fetch type. This option is the default for form and details screens. You can change the number of rows loaded with **prefetch** by changing the value of the **Dynamic prefetch count** field.

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Use this fetch type when large lists load too slowly using the **prefetch** fetch type.

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</table>-   **[Change the fetch type for a screen](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/mobile/change-fetch-type.md)**  
Change the fetch type of a screen to change when the app loads its data.