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Hi everyone,

I need some help regarding the default value of combobox being numerical instead of text.
The combobox is connected to a global choice with ["Applicable", "Not Applicable"] as the items and "Not Applicable" as the default option.

If(Text(DataCardValue142.Selected.Value) = "Applicable", DisplayMode.Edit, DisplayMode.View)

The idea is I am trying to make follow up assessment fields become disabled for input if the first assessment is not applicable to the user.
However, the formula becomes an error (as shown below) because the default value becomes numerical.

Incorrect argument type, expected a number.

Is there a way to make combobox default selected item to display text value, instead of numerical value?

This method does not work for me:
Solved: Combobox : numbers instead of text

Edit: I tried updating the combobox to newer version and the default selected items became empty. Tried leaving it empty while submission and the Dataverse table does not register the default value.

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Kalathiya 1,998 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hello @CU05050852-0,

Could you please try removing and re-adding the ItemDisplayText property/formula once? Sometimes there can be a caching issue in the ComboBox, which may cause it to show the wrong value.

Please remove "ThiItem.Value" and re-write and check again?

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Hi @Kalathiya

Thank you for the response.

I have tried what you have suggested, but unfortunately it still remains the same.

I even left the field empty and refresh the Power Apps again, but still the same.

This is the choice column settings if it helps.

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Hi @CU05050852-0

Rather than using a condition that converts the selected to text and compares the selected text to "Applicable", you could just compare the value against your global choice enumeration.

The syntax would look like this:

If(DataCardValue142.Selected.Value = YourGlobalChoice.Applicable, DisplayMode.Edit, DisplayMode.View )

Here's a quick test I did to illustrate how it would look.

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Hi @CU05050852-0,

timl's approach is the correct fix. The issue is that comparing against a text string with Text() breaks when the underlying value is numeric, which is how Dataverse global choices work internally.

Instead of converting to text and comparing, compare directly against the choice enumeration:

If(DataCardValue142.Selected.Value = YourGlobalChoice.Applicable, DisplayMode.Edit, DisplayMode.View)

Replace YourGlobalChoice with the actual logical name of your global choice option set. This bypasses the numeric vs text issue entirely since you're comparing choice values directly.

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Kalathiya 1,998 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hello @CU05050852-0,

Yes, you can try to update the Display mode as you are might be comparing Choice option set value with String so instead of string we need to compare with Option Set value in display mode. Could you please try this?

For example

If(DataCardValue142.Selected.Value = 'Category Assessment Applicability'.Applicable, DisplayMode.Edit,DisplayMode.Disabled)

Note: Please update the option set as per your set up if it's wrong.

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@timl @Valantis @Kalathiya

It works great!

Thanks a lot for the help.

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