How to get created record id from patch function ?

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I want to get record Id which is created by Patch function from PowerApps.

Is there any way to get that record Id so that I can use that Id to set in another record's lookup field

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timl 36,713 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi @rajmilansinh

The return value from Patch will include any server generated values. The code in the following post might be of interest to you...

https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/General-Discussion/Retrieve-an-ID-from-SQL-table-after-patching-a-record-to-it/td-p/142441

The return value from Patch includes any server generated identity values. If you did this for example,

ClearCollect(NewCompany, Patch('[dbo].[tblCompany]',Defaults('[dbo].[tblCompany]'),{Name: TextInput1.Text}) )

... you could use NewCompany.ID to retrieve the identity value that SQL Server generates.

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kevinroy 14 on at

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Several web sites recommend using ClearCollect to load the returned record. I've had difficulty with this; I believe it's because ClearCollect creates a table, and accessing the ID for the newly-created record is not as straightforward as the following method.

Instead, I have used UpdateContext with success. For example:

UpdateContext ({newRecord: Patch ('Table Name', Defaults('Table Name'), {Json key value pairs values to store in the item item})})

Then, for example, "newRecord.ID" returns the ID for the new item and "newRecord.Title" returns the title.
Of course, you can use Set instead, if you need the new record to be accessible across several screens.

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JonSov 4 on at

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How do you do this inside of a ForAll loop? You cant do clearcollect, and collect doesnt work for me because I need the value to reset every iteration of the loop.

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kevinjroy 2 on at

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First, clear a collection to contain the patched items:
ClearCollect (patchedItems, {}); Clear (patchedItems)

ForAll (collection of items to patch,
Collect (
patchedItems,
{aPatchedItem: Patch (....)}
)
)
This gives you a full collection of patched items. I'm not clear on why you need to reset a value for every iteration, but you perhaps can achieve your goal by inspecting the collection "patchedItems"

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Baudelaire 110 on at

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This is how I do it as well, for SharePoint that is. If I know I only want the ID of the item (to pass to a flow for example, but the OP's use case is also valid), I do this:
UpdateContext ({newRecord: Patch ('Table Name', Defaults('Table Name'), {Json key value pairs values to store in the item item}).ID})

Now newRecord is just the item ID.

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