Passing a value using Navigate function

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Hello,

Using Navigate to pass a value doesn't seem to work for me. I'm sure it's something simple, but I can't figure out what is wrong.

I have a simple app that allows users to "check in" either at the office, or at a work event. if they are at a work event, they can enter their work location and the submit that work location.

I want to take that work location to another screen where I have a few more questions that need answers and then the whole thing is submitted to my SharePoint list for storage. Everything works accept I can't get this work location passed to the next screen for submission. It's just blank.

Navigate(QuestionScreen, Transition.None, {WorkEventInput_User:vWorkEvent});

I get the Work Event information on screen one from a text input called "WorkEventInput_user" and then I'm expecting it to be available on the QuestionScreen as "vWorkEvent".

Unfortunately, when I test if the variable has passed to the Questionscreen, this test code appears blank:

"Work Event: " & vWorkEvent

Am I doing it right?

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timl 36,774 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi @AaronTheYoung

I think the syntax you're looking for is this:

Navigate(QuestionScreen, Transition.None, {vWorkEvent:WorkEventInput_User.Text});

On your source screen, this would assign the text value of your WorkEventInput_User text input to the vWorkEvent variable.

You can then access this variable on your QuestionScreen by name (vWorkEvent).

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Yeah! That seems to work. So can I pass that variable on to ANOTHER screen in the same fashion?

It tried to make the vWorkEvent a global variable in App Start section, but that wasn't working either.

Still new at this PowerApps thing. Thanks so much!

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Hi @AaronTheYoung

Yes, you can pass the variable onto another screen in the same fashion.

The other thing I would mention is that on your QuestionScreen, you can directly retrieve the textbox value from your previous screen like so:

WorkEventInput_User.Text

Therefore, it isn't completely necessary to pass variables in this type of situation.

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