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Pre-populating Dataverse Required choice field causes record to be saved with blank required field

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I have created a Dataverse Table with a Choice field that is required.

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As per standard when I try to save the form with a blank  ChoiceField it fails because its required.

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Here is the change I make to make the issue occur. On the ChoiceField I make change the DefaultSelectedItems to "Choice1"

 

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Now when I run the form I can save the record.

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When I look in the Dataverse Table I see that the record has saved but without the Required Field of ChoiceField.

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I expect the correct behaviour to be: 

1 - Not have saved the record with a blank Required Field and 

2 - Saved the record with the value "Choice1" as per the form. - this is more important to me than point 1.

 

 

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  • ChrisPiasecki Profile Picture
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    Hi @365-Assist,

     

    Can you try setting the Default property of the control to ChoiceField.Choice1?

     

    Additionally, it's a bit misleading such that setting the Column to required for your Dataverse table in the column settings  only enforces this on the user interface, not on the server side. You should create a business rule that is entity scoped to make the field required, which will enforce this on the server side.

     

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  • 365-Assist Profile Picture
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    Thanks Chris,

     

    1 - Which Control should I set to ChoiceField.Choice1?

     

    2 - To make this example simple I left a bit out to my topic above. In fact what I am trying to do is set the  value of the ChoiceField to be based on an option that the user makes somewhere else.

     

    At any rate don't you think the the work I have shown in post above should NOT allow a record to be created as it is missing a required field value?

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