Show only items without folders in a delegable way

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I have a SharePoint custom list which has one folder and many items, then i am showing the items inside a gallery:-

SortByColumns(Filter(ClientForms,
 
 StartsWith('Client Full Name',TextInputCanvas1.Value)
 ||
 StartsWith('Email Address',TextInputCanvas1.Value)
 ||
 StartsWith('Contact Number',TextInputCanvas1.Value)),"Created",SortOrder.Descending)
 
 
but i will always get the folder as empty item inside the gallery, so how I can remove it in a delegable way?
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@johnjohnPter,

Your posted picture is blank, so I cannot see the issue, however I believe you are referring to a SharePoint Library (not a List). Assuming that 'Client Full Name', 'Email Address' and 'Contact Number' are Single Line of Text fields, that filter should be Delegable if 'Client Forms' is the Library name. However it is not Delegable if 'Client Forms' is only a folder inside the Library as the FolderPath (of which it is part) is not Delegable.

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the 'Client Forms' is a custom list which contain folder.. so how i can exclude folders from the Filter formula i have@WarrenBelz

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@johnjohnPter,

If you are asking whether you can exclude folders from the records returned in a Delegable way, the answer is no as IsFolder (or !IsFolder) is not Delegable.

What you can do however, which is useful for other things is store the folder path, file name and in your case a item type in Text fields in the metadata - the Flow looks like this

and then you can filter using
SortByColumns( Filter( ClientForms, FolderOrFile = "File" && ( StartsWith( 'Client Full Name', TextInputCanvas1.Value ) || StartsWith( 'Email Address', TextInputCanvas1.Value ) || StartsWith( 'Contact Number', TextInputCanvas1.Value ) ) ), "Created", SortOrder.Descending )

You can then also filter with some Delegation on files or folder names.

It also should be easy enough to "back populate" with Edit in Grid View

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@johnjohnPter,

A quick follow-up to see if you received the answer you were looking for. Happy to assist further if not.

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