How to set the default item to be selected in a dropdown using Office365Users Info

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I have a dropdown where I am specifying the items. ["Seattle","San Diego","Portland"]

I am connected to the Office 365 datasource and can populate a label with my office location "Seattle"

I want the dropdown to auto populate the users office location but also allow them to choose something different if it is incorrect.

For the Default field I have tried

Text(Office365Users.MyProfile().OfficeLocation)

and

Office365Users.MyProfile().OfficeLocation

and

{Value: Text(Office365Users.MyProfile().OfficeLocation)}

and

{Value: Office365Users.MyProfile().OfficeLocation}

They all show "Seattle" in the dropdown when I first launch the app, but if I try submitting the form I get error that something is invalid.

Anyone know how I can accomplish this?

Thanks,

Terry

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What is the error you are getting when submitting?
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that something is invalid...
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@Mattw112IG try using "default selected" instead of Default
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on the dropdown?

Terry
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@Mattw112IG probably this is because the value in default is not available in the items. So, try this
[Office365Users.MyProfileV2().officeLocation,"Seattle","San Diego","Portland"]
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All offices are in the list, I just simplified it for the post to three instead of writing out 60...

Terry
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Hi everyone, been two weeks since I posted originally... There should be a way to do this and I'm sure someone can follow my situation above to give advice?

But again... I just want to set the default item in a dropdown to the office that shows up in AD for a user... I can get this to work in terms of visually populating the dropdown, but when the form is submitted it says it is invalid entry.

I have tried various things like:

Text(Office365Users.MyProfile().OfficeLocation)
and
Office365Users.MyProfile().OfficeLocation
and
{Value: Text(Office365Users.MyProfile().OfficeLocation)}
and
{Value: Office365Users.MyProfile().OfficeLocation}

None seem to work.

Thanks,
Terry
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It sounds like your problem is stemming from referencing the value, not setting the default. How are you referencing the dropdown value? Example:

Dropdown1.SelectedText.Value
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So you are right, turns out I had the wrong field I was referencing... ugh.

Thanks,
Terry