Hi @kouliscon,
Sorry for the late reply due to my weekend off.
Have you tried my solution on your side?
To achieve the need you mentioned "
what i would like is when i input data at the text filter to then filter and return data.
If the text filter is empty then if i select the combobox to return data.", if you only want to filter based on the Combo Box once the text filter is empty, try as below:
If(IsEmpty(SortByColumns(Filter(Helpdesk,( StartsWith(Requestor.DisplayName , FilterBox.Text)) Or (StartsWith(Subject , FilterBox.Text))),"Request_x0020_Date",Descending)),
Sort(Filter(Helpdesk,Status.Value=ComboBox1.Selected.Value),ID),
SortByColumns(Filter(Helpdesk,( StartsWith(Requestor.DisplayName , FilterBox.Text)) Or (StartsWith(Subject , FilterBox.Text))),"Request_x0020_Date",Descending)
)