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Hello all,

I have a really simple app used to monitor betting records which is sourced in a One Drive Excel table.  The app is the standard simple Gallery, View and Edit screens.

I have been tweaking the app to make it more user friendly.  I've been adding dropdowns instead of text input for certain fields to limit the entry.  I can successfully add a new record using these dropdowns in the Edit Form view, however when I try to go back in to a record and update it, the screen then returns to the View Form as expected but without updating the data, likewise the Gallery also doesn't update.  When I look at the source table it has updated and when I go back to edit the record again it does show the updated values there.  I have tried adding 'Refresh(Datasource); Reset(BrowseGallery1)' within the OnSuccess for the Edit Form, which was suggested on another forum however this doesn't work.  I never had this problem until I started using dropdowns.  I included the dropdowns using the route of editing the fields input from text to dropdown and unlocking the properties to include the values there.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
Rich

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  • BCBuizer Profile Picture
    22,833 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Hi @Richwillturner ,

     

    What is the Item property of your form? In case this is referencing a variable or collection, have you made sure these are updated as well after saving any changes?

  • Richwillturner Profile Picture
    6 on at

    Hi @BCBuizer ,

     

    Thanks for your quick reply.  Both my Item properties on my view and edit forms are the standard BrowseGallery1.Selected.  The DataSource for each is also just the standard [Source].  It is worth noting that should I come out of Power Apps and reload my application everything is then updated as expected, there seems to be some sort of delay once I have edited a record, a delay that isn't there when adding a new record.

  • BCBuizer Profile Picture
    22,833 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Hi @Richwillturner ,

     

    It could be that the Refresh is triggered too early. Can you try adding a manual refresh button to see if that does the trick? If it works, you may want to explore other triggers than OnSuccess to make this work, depending on your app.

  • Richwillturner Profile Picture
    6 on at

    The frustrating thing is I do have a refresh button in the app but even using that doesn't update the gallery or view form.  I've been reading all sorts to try and resolve this but found nothing that's worked.

  • RandyHayes Profile Picture
    76,299 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    @Richwillturner 

    My guess is that you are really working with a Combobox and not a dropdown.  Please confirm!

     

    And, if so, then what is your DefaultSelectedItems property of your combobox?  And what is the Items property of the combobox as well?

  • Richwillturner Profile Picture
    6 on at

    I can confirm they are dropdowns.  With the values set in Items as you can see in the screenshot.

    Dropdown.jpg

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