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I have been working on creating a couple of collections and displaying a certain amount of records, but it seems hit or miss when I have records or have no records. My current statement, which is very basic is returning nothing. This is what I have:

ClearCollect(MyCollection, Office365Groups.ListGroupMembers("MySecurityGroupGUID").value);

I enter a valid GUID for my security group in place of "MySecurityGroupGUID", which has worked, but currently is returning no records. I have this statement OnStart of my app. I am new to Power Apps, so I am guessing that I am probably missing something obvious, but I am just not seeing it. Any thoughts on why it is not returning any records?

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If you are working and testing within the PowerApps Studio, the OnStart property may not run correctly every time. To troubleshoot, pop your code into the OnSelect of a button temporarily to make sure it can run all the time when you want.

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I just created a button and OnSelect of the button, I copied the same code and it is not displaying anything in my ComboBox. However, If I click on View and Collections, I am now seeing data. How are we supposed to develop apps if the environment we are developing in doesn't work consistently? I believe I am working in Power Apps Studio as my URL is ...powerapps.com/studio/. Is there a better way to do this?

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To get your combobox working, trying accessing a column of the record, such as collection.displayName.

As for the environment, it's doing what it is supposed to do. The app is already "running" when we are working within it, so the OnStart event is usually in the past. On a clean start, OnStart code will run - It is simply something to be aware of. Using the OnVisible event for particular screens can be handy as you navigate between them.

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The app is running when we are in Power App Studio, editing the app? 😞 I guess knowing it is half the battle. Thanks so much for the help!!

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