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Invalid argument type on a Filter function

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Posted on by ITCareNV 574

Hi all

 

This makes no sense to me. I have this working on other Apps ...

The following is working fine:

Filter('Sales department', Email = EmployeeEmailAddressVariable)

But this ain't:

Filter(If(Department= "Sales department",'Sales department'), Email = EmployeeEmailAddress)
If(Department= "Sales department",Filter('Sales department', Email = EmployeeEmailAddress))

I am getting "Invalid argument type" on the equals sign '=' for the Department check.

Department & EmployeeEmailAddress are variables i set using the Set(name,value) function, the Email is a column from Sharepoint and 'Sales department' is a Source from SharePoint that is connected to my app.

I tried including a Source ('Sales department') in the else part but same results.

Can anyone elaborate on this for me please.

 

Thank you

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    ITCareNV 574 on at

    Seems that when I am Querying a Source (SharePoint list) with the use of Filter and setting this result to a Variable, if I want to use the value of this Variable afterwards I need to use .Value in order to "use" the Variable value.

     

    This fixed it for me.

     

    In other cases (other apps) where i used the same logic and syntax, the difference is that i am setting the variable from a DropDown selected value and not a Source like Sharepoint which can give more than 1 result, so this is the reason (i guess) the .Value is needed for.

     

    Hope this can help someone Cat LOL

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