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Self reference in named formulas

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Posted on by CU12081415-1

Dear all,

I have been trying to create named formulas referencing Self, e.g. Self.text or Self.Size etc. but Self seems not be recognized in the named formulas.

It is clear that object-wise when creating a formula, there is nothing to reference until used in the actual component.

Unfortunately I could not find any solution to this.

Is there any workaround/trick known to achieve this?

Thank you

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Nived_Nambiar 18,129 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi @CU12081415-1

Are you talking about expressions in power automate or in power apps ? i beleive power automate does not support the usage of self while power apps does.

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CU12081415-1 2 on at

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I am very sorry, I must have misclicked and it landed in wrong subforum. Yes, I mean power apps and not power automate and no, it does not work for me.

In regular expressions in power apps it works, but I want to put it into a named formula for reuse and here it is not accepted

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ronaldwalcott 3,847 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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User defined functions will solve this, You can try using them now even though they are only experimental.

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WarrenBelz 153,061 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi @CU12081415-1,

The fundamental issue is that a Named Formula does not refer to any specific control, therefore Self is not available as a parameter.

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