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Open a specific app screen depending on the project status

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Hello everyone,

I'm currently building a project tracking app of sorts. The app is built into 6-7 different screens, each one for a different phase in the project. The datasource is a Sharepoint list. Each screen has it's own form, in which all reference the Sharepoint list.

My problem is that once the user opens the first screen and submits the data, I can't find a way to link the opening screen to which phase the project is currently in. (So that the user won't have to skip through every previous phase).

So far I've attempted to set global variables to the submit button, in order to create a "Status" , but I was informed by Power Apps that variables aren't permitted in the onstart or startscreen properties.

Thanks in advance for the help!

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RandyHayes 76,297 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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@PowerFan95

Variable are permitted in the OnStart action, but not in the StartScreen property.

Storing the status in a variable though is not going to do you much good as you will want your app to look at the status of the record when it starts. Any variable will no longer have a value when you start the app.

I would suggest a "landing screen" that would then have logic in a Timer control to lookup the status and then Navigate to the appropriate screen.

I hope this is helpful for you.

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PowerFan95 12 on at

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Thanks for your reply! When I created the landing page, I used an If-Function, that contained navigate functions, to check the Value of the Datacard the status is stored in. While the formula is probably technically correct, I keep getting the error message that this formula would always mean navigating away from the landing screen. Is there any way to bypass this or am I attempting this the wrong way?

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