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Posted on by 1,257 Super User 2024 Season 1

I have a combo box whose items are from a people field in sharepoint list.

 

Distinct(MyList,Namefield.DisplayName)

has been working fine !!  but now for some reason some random numbers appear under the names when I go to select.  This only happened with I edited other fields in the app. I didn't edit the combo box !  

 

Layout is like this

 

vffdd_0-1661247744312.png

 It's driving me nuts..

 

And the numbers are random because they change !

 

any ideas?

 

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  • v-peijunz-msft Profile Picture
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    Hi @vffdd,

     

    Maybe you could try the following formula in Combo box Items property:

    Choices([@YourSharePointListName].'ColumnName')

     

    Based on your description, I have made a simple test for your reference.

    1. I have a SharePoint list called Reminder, and it contains a person column called Assigned To.

    vpeijunzmsft_0-1661419988857.png

    2. In Power Apps, I insert a Combo box control

    vpeijunzmsft_1-1661419988870.png

    For the reason why cannot view the data in the Combo box, please see attached:

    https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Building-Power-Apps/People-picker-from-sharepoint-list/td-p/619237

     

    Best regards,

    Sylvia

  • vffdd Profile Picture
    1,257 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    Unfortunately that does not work Sylvia for me.      I've now just added a new combo box in another screen worked fine for 2 days and then suddenly the numbers appear underneath !     it's bizarre.  To get rid of them if I control x the combo box and then control z to put it back they go... am wondering now if I should open a ticket on this one as seems very odd.

     

     

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    vffdd Profile Picture
    1,257 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    I've just changed it from a people field to a single field that seems to have done the trick. But I always had it as a people field previously.. hopefully it won't cause any issues

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