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I'm new to creating power apps! I'm trying to create a power app form that will update a current row in a SharePoint list I have created. WhenI run the form, I get a read error stating: "possible invalid string in filter query'. I'm sure it is a simple fix but I haven't been able to figure out where is is failing.

Patch('2025 Draft Project List', LookUp('2025 Draft Project List','ID'='ID'),{'Current Phase':'Current Phase'})

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Michael E. Gernaey 53,963 Moderator on at

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Hi @HMay

Looking at the Patch, what is 'ID' ??? your 'ID' = 'ID' would cause an issue because you need to use double quotes for strings, same thing for 'Current Phase'

Its ok to use Single Quotes on Field Names (especially if there are spaces), but the values have to be "" if its a string

Patch('2025 Draft Project List', LookUp('2025 Draft Project List','ID'='ID'), { 'Current Phase':'Current Phase' } );

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HM-22072112-0 14 on at

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Thank you for responding! The ID and Current Phase items are fields within my power app form and my SharePoint list. What is odd when I look at the formula, It is recognizing 'Current Phase':'Current Phase' the bolded portion as a field within the form. However with '2025 Draft Project List','ID'='ID' the bolded portion appears to be unrecognizable as it doesn't format it as it recognizes it is a field within the form. When I type the 'ID', it pops up in the eligible criteria but when I select it, it doesn't recognize it.

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Hi @HMay

Yes it is, but ID is a number not string so unless you convert it to a string first don't put the ' ' on it, its a number

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Michael E. Gernaey 53,963 Moderator on at

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The built in SharePoint ID field is always a number, not a string.

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Ahhh okay - I see what you are saying! Now my form submitted without error but isn't updating the list. 😞

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Hi @HMay

Unfortunately thats a totally separate issue, so if you mark mine as the answer to the original question we can work on the next.

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Hi @HMay

Based on what you wrote, you simply essentially told the Column to update itself with its own value.

What Control or String or whatever, does the new value come from??? You need to use that.

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The new value would come from the form so the user would change the phase in the form and then that would go to update the current phase in SharePoint.

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Hi @HMay

I am going to assume that the Phase as an Option?????

If So then

In your patch its

'Current Phase': MyControl.Selected.Value

Because you have to pass the value of the optionset

If its not, please please add more details going back and forth is umm yeah..

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