Using the same form to Edit, View or Add

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Hello community. I have beeing dealing with this for days and I hope someone could point me in the right direction.

In my app I have a button to create a "New Request". This action will do this:

Set(var_FormMode, "New"); Set(varRecord, Patch(Tbl_Database, Defaults(Tbl_Database), {Title: GUID(), Global_Status: "Draft"})); Navigate(Screen_NewEditRequests))

In the Screen "NewEditRequests" I have the following:

DefaultMode = If(var_FormMode = "New", FormMode.New, FormMode.Edit)

Item = If(var_FormMode = "New",varRecord, var_EditRecord)

The var_EditRecord came from a different screen with the OnSelect for a Gallery

All the data is in a Edit form with a SubmitForm action.

What I want to do is save the user progress but If I hit the submit button the form will be blank and I have to go back and load the data.

If possible to perform the save at any time so the user can continue adding data, saving and continue seeing the data in the form?

Thanks in advance for any help.

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mmbr1606 14,560 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Re: Using the same form to Edit, View or Add

hey @sajarac

this video should helo you solve your issue:

Power Apps Gallery Edit Form Tutorial for Beginners (youtube.com)

Let me know if my answer helped solving your issue.

If it did please accept as solution and give it a thumbs up so we can help others in the community.

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Re: Using the same form to Edit, View or Add

Hi @mmbr1606 for the video suggestion.
Just a silly question? At the beginnig of the video Reza mentioned that is only applicable for the gallery and the form on the same screen, right?. Do you have any other video that explains doing this from different screens? I have been trying to implement that solution but my scenario is having a screen where the user can either Add a new request or navigate to View Request and in there view the request details to later edit.
Thanks in advance for any response.
BR

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Re: Using the same form to Edit, View or Add

hey @sajarac

it would be the same and just need to add Navigate(Screenname) to navigate to the next screen.

Let me know if my answer helped solving your issue.

If it did please accept as solution and give it a thumbs up so we can help others in the community.

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Sajarac 3,271 on at

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Re: Using the same form to Edit, View or Add

Hi, thank you very much for the prompt response. Well navigating from the Gallery and editing the form. Yes it works as expected. But From the main screen and Adding a new Request after saving I am getting a different record on the form. I will double check for sure I have missed something.

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Re: Using the same form to Edit, View or Add

hey @sajarac

when u need a new form you just need to use Newform(FormName) and then Navigate(ScreenName)

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