New Form 'Item' - can this be the result of call to 'Defaults'?

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Posted on 1 Sep 2022 20:49:48 by Len C

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I'm trying to get a New Form working for a child Dataverse table. There are many defaults that should be set - some are the current date and current user, others would be set from the parent record.

Rather than implementing the 'If(Parent.FormMode=New, ... , ...)' pattern on every Form control's Default property, does it make sense to create a new record using the 'Defaults()' function, and pass that into the form as a Context Variable? If so, should the Form be set into 'New' mode, or 'Edit' mode (since it's receiving an Item, rather than being asked to create it's own default item)?

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v-jefferni on 08 Sep 2022 at 06:32:43

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Re: New Form 'Item' - can this be the result of call to 'Defaults'?

Hi @LenC ,

Actually Defaults(DataSource) will pre-populate the form with the default values set in that data source, not in the App.

Check the doc link below:

Defaults function in Power Apps - Power Platform | Microsoft Docs

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