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Hey,

I’m not sure how many hours of forum searches, ChatGPT and trial an error I have behind me, but I can’t seem to find a solution.

I have a Canvas App where the user can input a text string.

In a gallery I then want to use some fuzzy logic to only return items from a SharePoint list that match the user input.

Has anyone done something like this, with or without leveraging Power Automate?

For performance purposes I’d prefer an in-app-solution of course, but at this point, I take what I can get 😄

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WarrenBelz 153,079 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi FAQA

The only Delegable search syntax with SharePoint Text fields is equals (exact match) or StartsWith. You can use a "wildcard" string that needs to contained sequentially in the target string on smaller lists (Search function or in Filter) however nothing beyond that. The same applies really in Power Automate.

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Michael E. Gernaey 53,429 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi

Weird cause its answered all over.

That being said, you didn't specify how they were doing their input, as in what into what control?

As Warren said, its limited :-(

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Hey Warren and Mike,

I found a few things about it, that’s right, but since most of it is 2 or more years old I thought maybe something changed there.

@Mike:

The user inputs the desired company name in a modern text input.

This value should then be fuzzy matched with a column in a SharePoint list where the item will be created if it doesn’t exist yet.

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WarrenBelz 153,079 Most Valuable Professional on at

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The fundamental issue is that no "fuzzy logic" filters exist for Power Apps or Power Automate. Also Modern controls are really not production-ready presently, although this has no bearing on your query.

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Alright, thanks - then I'll think of something else.

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