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Urgent Help ! Patch Not working Properly!!

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Posted on by cryptosun 20

Dear Experts, I would be grateful for your help.

 

I am facing an issue with the Patch function, I have a use case in which I have a connected a power app in a power bi report

Where the PowerAPP is being used to take the comments, I am using the patch function to fetch the data from power bi to power apps and then I have added a text input column to get the comments.

 

It is working fine, but even if there is a second comment on a specific material no, it is creating another row, what I want is, that once a comment is submitted, and if there is any previous comment it should update it with the recent comment.

 

If there is no comment, then it should save the comment as it is, in the SharePoint list.

 

I have been trying to do it since many days but i have unable to do it.

 

PS: i am using a gallery to show the data and to take the comments.

This is the code i am using to patch the data from PowerBI to Powerapps and then to submit the comments in the Sharepoint list.

Patch(SharepointlistName,{Title:"1", Commentcolumn:TextInput2.Text,MaterialColumn:ThisItem.MATERIALColumn, PLANNER_CD:ThisItem.PLANNER,


MAT_DESC:ThisItem.DESC_EN,BUS_LINE:ThisItem.BUS_LINE});Navigate(Screen2,ScreenTransition.None)

 

I would be thankful for your help!

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  • WarrenBelz Profile Picture
    WarrenBelz 155,066 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Hi @cryptosun ,

    You need to tell Power Apps which record to Patch to - assuming you have the ID of that record

    Patch(
 SharepointlistName,
 {ID:YourIDNumber},
 {
 Title: "1", 
 Commentcolumn: TextInput2.Text,
 MaterialColumn: ThisItem.MATERIALColumn, 
 PLANNER_CD: ThisItem.PLANNER,
 MAT_DESC: ThisItem.DESC_EN,
 BUS_LINE: ThisItem.BUS_LINE
 }
);
Navigate(
 Screen2,
 ScreenTransition.None
)

     

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  • cryptosun Profile Picture
    cryptosun 20 on at

    I tried using the {ID: thisID.ID} but it gives an error.

     

    I would like to update the comment to the recent one, i am unsure how will the id recognize whether its a latest comment or not, looking forward to your kind response.

     

     

  • WarrenBelz Profile Picture
    WarrenBelz 155,066 Most Valuable Professional on at

    @cryptosun ,

    How are you selecting the record - if from a gallery it will be (change to your gallery name)

    YourGalleryName.Selected.ID

     

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  • cryptosun Profile Picture
    cryptosun 20 on at

    The record is being selected from a PowerBI report.

     

    So basically, once a user selects an entry in the PowerBI report and clicks on the comment button. it opens a popup window of PowerAPP, in which few columns are automatically fetched from the selected specific entry, eg; material name, description etc and the user just have to write a comment, which is saved in the sharepoint list. it works fine. but if there is another comment on the same entry it creates another row with the latest comment.

     

    However, my usecase is, if there is another comment on the same specific entry, it should be updated with the latest comment in the Sharepoint list.  

  • cryptosun Profile Picture
    cryptosun 20 on at

    The record is being selected from a PowerBI report.

     

    So basically, once a user selects an entry in the PowerBI report and clicks on the comment button. it opens a popup window of PowerAPP, in which few columns are automatically fetched from the selected specific entry, eg; material name, description etc and the user just have to write a comment, which is saved in the sharepoint list. it works fine. but if there is another comment on the same entry it creates another row with the latest comment.

     

    However, my usecase is, if there is another comment on the same specific entry, it should be updated with the latest comment in the Sharepoint list.  

  • WarrenBelz Profile Picture
    WarrenBelz 155,066 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Hi @cryptosun ,

    Sorry I have no idea how to get the ID as I do not use that interface., however you need the ID of the record to patch to it.

  • cryptosun Profile Picture
    cryptosun 20 on at

    Thankyou for the response. So lets say after i manage to get the ID work, will it show the recent comment? Becaudr i don't understand how it will update the old comment with new comment if wd use id?

  • WarrenBelz Profile Picture
    WarrenBelz 155,066 Most Valuable Professional on at

    @cryptosun ,

    The ID simply identifies the record to be Patched. Whatever is in the field currently will be over-written by the new content you are Patching.

     

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  • v-jefferni Profile Picture
    v-jefferni Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi @cryptosun ,

     

    You just need to check whether current item is already in the list and decide to update the exist item or create a new line. I assume the MaterialColumn is a unique value column for this SP list, please try below formula:

    If(IsBlank(LookUp(SPlist,MaterialColumn = ThisItem.MATERIALColumn)),
 Patch(
 SPlist,
 Defaults(SPlist),
 {
 Title: "1", 
 Commentcolumn: TextInput2.Text,
 MaterialColumn: ThisItem.MATERIALColumn, 
 PLANNER_CD: ThisItem.PLANNER,
 MAT_DESC: ThisItem.DESC_EN,
 BUS_LINE: ThisItem.BUS_LINE
 }
 ),
 Patch(
 SPlist,
 LookUp(SPlist,MaterialColumn = ThisItem.MATERIALColumn)
 {
 Title: "1", 
 Commentcolumn: TextInput2.Text,
 }
 )
);
Navigate(
 Screen2,
 ScreenTransition.None
)

     

    Hope this helps.

     

    Best regards,

    Community Support Team _ Jeffer Ni
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  • cryptosun Profile Picture
    cryptosun 20 on at

    Thankyou for your response.

     

    Material column is unique yes, but it would be autofetched every time when i click on an entry in the PowerBI Report and user just have to enter the comment, which i want to update everytime, if there is an existing comment.

     

    The above code works fine, except an error at this part

    Patch(
 SPlist,
 LookUp(SPlist,MaterialColumn = ThisItem.MATERIALColumn)
 { ----- AT THIS PART IT GIVES AN ERROR SAYING(Unexpected characters, the formula contains 'ParenClose' where 'CurlyOpen' is expected along with another error (Unexpected characters,Characters are used in the formula in an unexpected way.
 Title: "1", 
 Commentcolumn: TextInput2.Text,
 }
 )
);
Navigate(
 Screen2,
 ScreenTransition.None
)

    I would be grateful if you could help me to resolve the issue.

     

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