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Patching parent, child record error

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Hi,

 

I'm trying to patch parent/ child tables in single onselect event, like this

 

ClearCollect(
colEmployee,
Patch(
Employees,
{Employee:Blank()},
{'FIRST NAME':"Test patch"}
)
);
ClearCollect(
colEmployeeChanges,
Patch(
Employee_Changes,
{Employee_Change:Blank()},
{Employee:First(colEmployee).Employee},
{REQUESTOR:"Test patch"}
)
)

 

The error is saying that the expected type of argument is record while a guid is supplied instead.

 

The error refers to this line  {Employee:First(colEmployee).Employee}, 

 

Employee is lookup column in Employee_Changes tabe to an Employee table.

 

Could someone please advice id there's a way to convert types  or to do something similar to fix the issue.

 

Thanks!

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  • Ram Prakash Duraisamy Profile Picture
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    Hello @Andrew7345,

     

    If you are sure that {Employee:First(colEmployee).Employee} this Line is throwing error then you can try changing the same like below to make it work

     

    {Employee:LookUp(EMPLOYEETABLENAME,'FIELD FROM EMPLOYEE'=VALUE FROM COLLECTION)}

     

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