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Timer is not running while working together with the patch

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I have a button to start the timer while patching some info to the database at the same time. The timer seems not working because the form got refresh after patching. However timer will work if you click on it afterwards. I want to avoid the click, I tried the select function, it doesn't work.

Button OnSelect property

If(tglTowerOnHoldA.Value=true && ThisItem.'Tower On Hold' = 'Tower On Hold (P2 Batch Sheets)'.No,Patch('P2 Batch Sheets',ThisItem,{'Tower On Hold':'Tower On Hold (P2 Batch Sheets)'.Yes,'Tower On Hold Date':Now()});Set(gblOnHoldTimeAOld,ThisItem.'Tower On Hold Time');UpdateContext({locTimeGo:true});Select(timOnHold_1),tglTowerOnHoldA.Value=false && ThisItem.'Tower On Hold' = 'Tower On Hold (P2 Batch Sheets)'.Yes,Patch('P2 Batch Sheets',ThisItem,{'Tower On Hold':'Tower On Hold (P2 Batch Sheets)'.No,'Tower On Hold Time':gblOnHoldTimeANew,'Tower On Hold Date':Blank()}),tglTowerOnHoldA.Value=true && ThisItem.'Tower On Hold' = 'Tower On Hold (P2 Batch Sheets)'.Yes,Set(gblOnHoldTimeAOld,ThisItem.'Tower On Hold Time'))

Timer set autostart as true, start as locTimeGo, repeat as true.

OnTimeEnd

Set(gblOnHoldTimeANew,DateDiff(ThisItem.'Tower On Hold Date',Now(),Seconds)+gblOnHoldTimeAOld)

Text

If(tglTowerOnHoldA.Value=true,Text(Time(0, 0,gblOnHoldTimeANew), "hh:mm:ss"),Text(Time(0, 0,ThisItem.'Tower On Hold Time'), "hh:mm:ss"))

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Al_10 1,691 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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@BigGGG777

what is the purpose of the timer?

does it patch to the same datasource (P2 Batch Sheets)?
what property holds the code to be executed in the timer (OnSelect, OnTimerStart)?

you form.item = ?

Note:
you set the timer to autostart and auto repeat, so the timer loops forever until you navigate to a different screen.

at the same time you trigger the already running timer with a variable.

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Hi,

it's a timer that shows how much time the tower is staying on hold. Basically I grabbed on hold time from the record and use Now() minus it to get the times demonstrating dynamically.

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If( tglTowerOnHoldA.Value=true && ThisItem.'Tower On Hold' = 'Tower On Hold (P2 Batch Sheets)'.No, Set(gblOnHoldTimeAOld, Now()); Patch('P2 Batch Sheets',ThisItem,{ 'Tower On Hold':'Tower On Hold (P2 Batch Sheets)'.Yes, 'Tower On Hold Date': gblOnHoldTimeAOld }); Reset(TIMERNAME); UpdateContext({locTimeGo: fasle}); UpdateContext({locTimeGo: true}); Select(timOnHold_1), tglTowerOnHoldA.Value=false && ThisItem.'Tower On Hold' = 'Tower On Hold (P2 Batch Sheets)'.Yes, Patch('P2 Batch Sheets',ThisItem,{ 'Tower On Hold':'Tower On Hold (P2 Batch Sheets)'.No, 'Tower On Hold Time':gblOnHoldTimeANew, 'Tower On Hold Date':Blank() }), tglTowerOnHoldA.Value=true && ThisItem.'Tower On Hold' = 'Tower On Hold (P2 Batch Sheets)'.Yes, Set(gblOnHoldTimeAOld, ThisItem.'Tower On Hold Time') )

if that does not work, how is your form get refreshed after patch?

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I'm not saying patch doesn't work, it worked. The timer is the one who has problem. Basically it wont start unless you give it a click, even though I have a autostart and start as true. Select function is select(timer) which I didn't include in the code because it's not working.

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As Alex mentioned - you also need the auto repeat set to true. You have that set correctly?

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Al_10 1,691 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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@BigGGG777

have you tried the code from my last post?

another question: you have a gallery; that gallery's data source is Dataverse (or any other online db and not a collection); you have a form and its Item property is gallery.selected; correct?

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Hi Alex,

I have tried that one. not working. I have form item set up correctly.

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Hi Dave,

Yes I have that set up correctly.

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@BigGGG777

with answers you provided, it is difficult for me to follow you....

you have a button that patches to the datasource. this button is inside a form or a gallery?

you have a timer. that timer has the same parent as the button?

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Hi bigggg. If you have the timer set so auto start=true, start=true, and repeat=true then the timer always runs.
If your timer isn't running unless you click on it, pretty sure you are missing one of those 3.

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