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Create a collection from multi choice record

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Posted on by SimpleUser 78

Hello,

 

i'm trying to create a collection from an SP list multi choice column.

 

I need to lookup an employees name and then create a collection of multiple selected items within the 'Category' multi choice column record. Currently if i do it, the collection is a nested table with one row and then all the values in that. I need them all as their own values to create a lookup to it.

 

ClearCollect(colLicenseInfo,Distinct(Filter(SPList,Employee.DisplayName=DataCardValue21.Selected.DisplayName),Category))

 

Help appreciated

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  • Rajkumar_M Profile Picture
    Rajkumar_M 3,747 Moderator on at

    Hi @SimpleUser 

     

    Try this

     

    ClearCollect( colLicenseInfo, 
    AddColumns( 
    Filter( 
    SPList, Employee.DisplayName = DataCardValue21.Selected.DisplayName ), 
    "CategorySplit", 
    Split(Category, "; ") 
    )
    )

    It is worth noting that the Split function assumes that the values in the multi-choice column are separated by a semicolon and a space ("; "). If your values are separated by a different character, you will need to modify the formula accordingly.

     

    Thanks!

     

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  • SimpleUser Profile Picture
    SimpleUser 78 on at

    Hi,

     

    its a choice column so they're not separated by anything. the split part of the formula return an error as the values aren't text?

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