Forms: Logic to Hide Fields Based on Other Field Value Not Working

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Posted on 30 Apr 2020 15:22:45 by ACPBSCi

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I hope someone can help me. I have scoured the web and found what I thought was the solution, but I get an error message. The first question on my form asks if this is Account Type A or Account Type B. I experimented with both choice fields and yes/no toggle and opted for y/n. My flow works just fine with this option, but I can retool it if I need a choice field to make my form work.

I have 2 types of accounts: Account A or Account B. Account B also has 2 program types, B Program 1 and B Program 2. The fields the user needs to fill out vary depending on the selection:

Field	Column (click to edit)	Account A	Account B Program 1	Account B Program 2
1	What Type of Account?	X
2	A Account Number	X
3	A Program Type	X
4	B Account Number		X	X
5	B Account Name		X	X
6	B Program Type		X	X
7	Launch Date	X	X	X
8	User Invitation Date	X	X	X
9	Rep Name	X	X	X
10	Sales Lead	X
11	Group Name	X	X	X
12	On Call Experts	X	X	X
13	Users	X	X
14	Notes	X	X	X

This should be a simple matter of applying logic to a field that if the selection in question 1 is true, make fields 4, 5, and 6 not visible and so on. The formula I found is this:

If(DataCardValue1 = ExpectedValue, true, false)

When I use this formula, I get an error that the formula uses scope, which is not presently supported for evaluation:

I figured maybe it was just a problem with the y/n, so I changed it to a choice field. Same thing:

Why isn't this working? What do these errors mean? If I was using Nintex or even InfoPath, I'd have been done by now.

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ACPBSCi 222 on 30 Apr 2020 at 16:36:26

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Re: Forms: Logic to Hide Fields Based on Other Field Value Not Working

THANK YOU!!!!
Ugh, this is so confusing! I wish Forms were more intuitive. This is like laying pipe. No, I take that back. Laying pipe is easier. Working with forms used to be easy, now it's really hard.
Thank you so much!!
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mdevaney 29,987 Moderator on 30 Apr 2020 at 16:27:30

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Re: Forms: Logic to Hide Fields Based on Other Field Value Not Working

@ACPBSCi
DataCardValue13 is a ComboBox control. This is why my previous suggest did not work. I assumed you were using a TextInput control.

You'll want to use this code instead.

If(DataCardValue1.Selected.Value = ExpectedValue, true, false)

If there is no property called Value you can use a different column name

If(DataCardValue1.Selected.your_column_name= ExpectedValue, true, false)

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eka24 20,921 on 30 Apr 2020 at 16:16:56

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Re: Forms: Logic to Hide Fields Based on Other Field Value Not Working

Change it to:
If(DataCardValue13.Selected.Value="A",true,false)
or
If(DataCardValue13.Selected="A",true,false)

If it does not work, select DataCardValue13 and take a screen shot, want to see what you put in the ITEMS
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ACPBSCi 222 on 30 Apr 2020 at 16:09:23

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Re: Forms: Logic to Hide Fields Based on Other Field Value Not Working

Hmm...still not working...
So rather than use the control, I need to use the name of the datacard?

Is that true for all formulas?
I am definitely getting closer. I finally got a formula with no error, but I had to use SearchText because it gave me an error when I typed in just "Text":
If(DataCardValue13.SearchText="A",true,false)
However, my card is permanently hidden and it doesn't do anything based on my selection. Why is .Text available for everyone else and not me? It's a text choice field that my show/hide is based off of.
eka24 20,921 on 30 Apr 2020 at 15:38:49

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Re: Forms: Logic to Hide Fields Based on Other Field Value Not Working

Take this example DatacaraValue1 and DatacaraValue2.
If you want to hide Datacard for DatacaraValue1 based on what is in DatacaraValue2 then:

Visible of DatacaraValue1 put:
If(DataCardValue2.Text = "ExpectedValue", true, false)

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mdevaney 29,987 Moderator on 30 Apr 2020 at 15:38:11

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Re: Forms: Logic to Hide Fields Based on Other Field Value Not Working

@ACPBSCi
I think you are close to the solution: you are just missing the Text property of the DataCardValue control.

If(DataCardValue1.Text = ExpectedValue, true, false)

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