SortByColums : Sort a LookUp column

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Hi there 😀

I have a list of invitations, that contains a LookUp column for contacts.

I need to get the 'Full Name' column of the related contacts, to filter the list of invitations.

Here is my old formula, I sorted my results using a column containing the 'Full Name', automatically extracted from the Contacts. The company I work with deleted this extracted column named "rcr_name".

When I put Contact.'Full Name' to replace "rcr_name", it doesn't work.

SortByColumns( 

 Filter(
 'Days Attendance';
 StartWith(Contact.'First Name') ¦¦ StartWith(Contact.'Last Name');
 );

 "rcr_name";
 If(SortDescending1;Descending;Ascending)
)

Do you have an idea how to sort by Contact.'Full Name' please ?

Thanks in advance 😉 😁

Have a good day !

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v-yutliu-msft Microsoft Employee on at

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Hi @Romsteck ,

Could you tell me what is your data source?

I assume that you use CDS.

Firstly, I'm afraid it's not supported to use lookup field in SortByColumns function.

I suggest you use AddColumns function to shape your table.

Try this formula:

SortByColumns( AddColumns( Filter( 'Days Attendance'; StartWith(Contact.'First Name') ¦¦ StartWith(Contact.'Last Name'); ); "fullname";Contact.'Full Name' //contact is the lookup field name, 'Full Name' is one field in related Contact entity ); "fullname"; If(SortDescending1;Descending;Ascending) )

Using AddColumns function will not effect your data source's data, it just shape table temporarily.

Best regards,

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Hi @v-yutliu-msft ,

Thank you very much for your answer, yes I use CDS.
I can now sort my gallery.

However, I have a patch toggle that uses This Item to find the record, but it doesn't work after that...
There is an error at "ThisItem"..

Do you have an idea ?

Thanks 😁

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Hi @Romsteck ,

Since the gallery's data source have changed to the table that you shaped (AddColumns(....)), so using ThisItem means that the item in the new shaped table ,not the original table.

I suggest you use an unique field to filter and then update.

For example, Id field is your unique field.

You could set patch formula like this:

Patch(entity,LookUp(table,Id=ThisItem.Id),{....})

Bets regards,

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hi again @v-yutliu-msft ,

Perfect, it works great !

Thanks ! 😉

Have a good day !

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