PowerApps Canvas App and SharePoint List - Offline Mode

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Hey Guys

I have a SharePoint list where i manage all of the companies IT Support requests from

I have created and published a Canvas app that allows users to submit a new support request on any device they have.

We have a few sites with patchy internet so would like to make the app avalible offline, so when they have internet again they have the ability to sync/submit the ticket.

I have found a few examples online on how to do this but none seem to fit my scenario.

Few screenshots below.

Any help would be great.

Cheers!

Adam

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AaronKnox 514 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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A potential design could be to save new records in a collection to submit to SharePoint later:

Create a collection that has the form schema you want to write to SharePoint.
Patch new support records to this collection.
Create an 'Upload' button, in OnSelect add a ForAll to loop through the collection and patch to SharePoint.

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Thanks for the Reply Aaron.

Is there a way to get the collection data to save when the app is closed?
I have the below working to save the form in to a collection.
But when i close and reopen the app the data is missing?

Collect(
TicketCollection,
{
Requestor:RequestorValue,
ContactNumber:ContactNumberValue,
EmailAddress:EmailValue,
Subject:SubjectValue,
Description:DescriptionValue,
Status:StatusValue,
RequiredDate:RequiredDateValue,
Urgency:UrgencyValue,
Category:SelectedCategory,
SubCatApplication:ApplicationValue,
SubCatHardware:HardwareValue,
SubCatNetwork:NetworkValue,
SubCatUser:UserRelatedValue
}
);

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AaronKnox 514 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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Yep, that is by design as a collection is only held in memory. You will want to use the SaveData/LoadData/ClearData functions to accomplish this.

I will be working on a project in the next few weeks that requires offline functionality so I will have more experience in this regard and will check back with more info as I learn how best to do this.

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