Answered

PowerApps for Teams: Can't use Office365Users to search for users?

(0) Share

Report

Posted on by elfreddos

112

I am editing an app within PowerApps for Teams and I am noticing that I cannot use a ComboBox as a people picker, where I can in the full PowerApps studio. I have added Office365Users as a Data Source.

In PowerApps Studio, the following code works on a ComboBox in the Items property to be able to search:

Office365Users.SearchUser({searchTerm:ComboBox3.SearchText})

However, in PowerApps for Teams, despite setting the data field to DisplayName when I add in this same code I get the red lines underneath. Ive also tried the following:

Office365Users.SearchUser({searchTerm:ComboBox3.SearchText}).DisplayName

However, interestingly, when I just leave the code as Office365Users.SearchUser() I get a limited list of mailbox and user display names to pick from (but not able to search).

In this instance, I have to use Power Apps for Teams. Does anyone have a solution?

Categories:

Building Power Apps

I have the same question (0)

All responses (5)

Answers (1)

Sort by

ANB 7,252 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

Like (0)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!
Hi @elfreddos, Try this:
Office365Users.SearchUser({searchTerm:ComboBox3.Selected.Mail}).DisplayName
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I hope this helps.

Please click Accept as solution ✅ if my post helped you solve your issue. This will help others find it more readily. It also closes the item. If the content was useful in other ways, please consider giving it Thumbs up.👍

Thanks,
ANB

Was this reply helpful? Yes No
elfreddos 112 on at

Like (0)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!

This also doesn't work:

And these are the associated errors:
And:

Was this reply helpful? Yes No
v-qiaqi@microsoft.com Microsoft Employee on at

Like (0)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!
Hi @elfreddos,

Actually, the combo box in Teams is not the same one in Power Apps(not in Teams).

If you want to use the combo box with SearchText property, you need to turn on the modern control function.

Try this:

ForAll(Office365Users.SearchUser({searchTerm:Self.SearchText}),DisplayName)

Was this reply helpful? Yes No
elfreddos 112 on at

Like (0)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!

I've switched that on, and tried your code, but this still.doesn't work. Btw, themes are something purely visual, not functional. Why would switching that on change anything?

I obviously have switched it on where it was off before, but it was also in the "retired" category as per your screenshot, so maybe that's why it doesn't work?

Was this reply helpful? Yes No
Verified answer

v-qiaqi@microsoft.com Microsoft Employee on at

Like (0)

Report
Copy link

Link copied!

Hi @elfreddos,

I have used the modern controls, so I succed.

If you could not use the modern controls, the only way is to copy the classci combobox to Teams.

For PowerApps for Teams, this is the only way.

Was this reply helpful? Yes No