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adding a user to single text field

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in my sharepoint i have a single text field called request for, i have setup the datacard to have a search user combobox. i cannot update the data card with selected user, it shows a error. how can i add a person value to the single text field. Please note that the field of sharepoint cannot be changed to people due depending text fields are also available in the same datacard.

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Hi @arshad2 do you use a combobox or a dropdown Control?

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Ok. so the only possible solution i can think of is to have the email or displayname saved in the text field.

Set the default selected item and default value of the combobox
If( !IsBlank(Office365Users.SearchUser({searchTerm:ExtendedProjectTeam_input.SearchText,top:1}).Mail, Office365Users.SearchUser({searchTerm:ExtendedProjectTeam_input.SearchText,top:1}).Mail, youritem.request_for )
and the datacard update also.

You cannot add Person value to a text field in the ways of Hovering over a Person. For this you need the people picker and Patch like this.
Person:{ '@odata.type': "#Microsoft.Azure.Connectors.SharePoint.SPListExpandedReference", Claims: "i:0#.f|membership|" & Lower(First(Office365Users.SearchUser({searchTerm:yourdropdown.DisplayName}).Mail).Mail), Department: "", DisplayName: yourdropdown.DisplayName, Email: yourdropdown.Mail, JobTitle: "", Picture: "" }

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