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Hi,

I am wondering if anybody has come across this error before and knows where i am going wrong? see Capture.

I am trying to insert a new record into a CDS 2.0 Entity that has a n:1 Relationship, no matter what i try to referrence the LookUp Record it always comes up with the attached error.

I have tried a LookUp to the record directly, as well as creating a temp collection of the record, i have also tried referencing the Required Name field as well as the Guid.

ClearCollect(
 Accessibility,
{cl_accessibilityoptionsid:Blank(),
cl_StaffDetails:MyStaffDetails.StaffId,
cl_displayname:MyUserDisplayName,
cl_userid:MyStaffID,
cl_fadelevel:AS_Transparency_sli.Value,
cl_screencolour:ScreenColour,
cl_defaultfilter: AS_DefaultFilter_tgl.Value,
cl_red:R,
cl_green:G,
cl_blue:B
}
);
Set(As_Options, "Your Options have been Saved");
UpdateContext({AS_OptionsSaved:true});
Collect(AccessibilityOptions, Accessibility));

The LookUp field is cl_StaffDetails, MyStaffDetails is a local collection and StaffId is the Guid.

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v-xida-msft on at

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Hi @Anonymous,

Do you want to insert a new record into your CDS entity using Collect function?

The error message told that the 'cl_StaffDetails' column is required to provide a DataEntity type value, but you provided a Text type value.

I have made a test, and the issue is confirmed on my side. There is no way to provided a DataEntity type value for a Lookup type column of CDS entity within PowerApps currently, I afraid that there is no way to add new record into a CDS Entity which contains a Lookup column using Collect function.

If you would like this feature to be added into PowerApps, please submit an idea to PowerApps Ideas Forum:

https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/PowerApps-Ideas/idb-p/PowerAppsIdeas

As an alternative solution, you could consider take a try to generate an app from your CDS entity, and then save your data into your CDS entity via clicking the "Submit" button within the Edit screen.

Best regards,

Kris

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Hi @v-xida-msft,

Thank you for the response, i think i have wasted around 2 days trying every different scenario i could think off to get this to work. I have submitted an idea to have it added.

Unfortunately recreating the app would not really be practical in this case as it is currently in a trial period with some of our services. With new items been added to it constantly.

I already do have a work around as this was started prior to relationships been available in 2.0 i insert the Guid as a string to create my own relationships between the entities, the main problems around this has been delegation.

Thanks
Craig

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john_p 18 on at

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I have added a vote to your idea (link: https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/PowerApps-Ideas/option-to-insert-a-new-record-to-CDS-with-Relationship-LookUp/idi-p/152423 for other people having the same issue).

Although I'm new to PowerApps, I wanted to build some offline functionality in from the start, so I figured I'd just collect data from the CDS and then patch new records into it, but I hit the same issue of not being able to set a lookup value into CDS.

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