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What is the best practise/more efficient in terms of updating field properties within Canvas Apps. Using one formula (from one property) to alter two different field properties or have two different fields with two different properties to implement the change

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I have two fields A & B. the OnChange property of A could be used to patch a record and then an If statement could run to assess the value and change the Display property of field B accordingly (Patch and If statement within OnChange of field A); or Field A OnChange could Patch the record and the If statement could reside within the Display property of field B (Field A OnChange Patch, Field B Display propery If Statement). Which is better?

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KvB1 1,596 on at

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How would you change the display property of B using an if statement in field A? You would need to set a variable, and then use that variable on the relevant property of field B. You would save yourself a variable if you just have the display property for B reside in B.

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In the situation below you have two fields within a gallery item with data source="DataSource"
Field A is a dropdown and field B is a text input which can variably change display state based off the column decision (Field A allows selection of the decision).

Option1
OnChange Property of Field A :

Patch(DataSource,ThisItem,{'Decision':FieldA.Selected.Value});

If(ThisItem.'Decision'<>[@'Decision Choices'].Successful,

FieldB.DisplayMode=DisplayMode.View, FieldB.DisplayMode=DisplayMode.Edit
)

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OnChange Property of Field A :

Patch(DataSource,ThisItem,{'Decision':FieldA.Selected.Value});

Display Property of Field B:
If(ThisItem.'Decision'<>[@'Decision Choices'].Successful, DisplayMode.View, DisplayMode.Edit
)

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PowerNapper 4 on at

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You make a good point..... Silly question. Option 1 doesn't work.

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Working with variables can also be smart, for example if you can set them to true or false depending on the text property of an input field.

That way you can also reuse them for If statements, visibility etc

For just one control it seems wasteful

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