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Sourcefile (excel) says #VALUE in cell, canvas app (form viewer) displays that as #VALUE or nothing/empty. Why the difference?

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For both the datacards "Programming languages & frameworks" and "Hobbies" the text property is set to Parent.Default.

 

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Preference is to display nothing. Or, if possible, a text.

 

 

 

 

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  • AmitKrause Profile Picture
    95 on at

    Both cells are formatted as general (in Excel).

  • rubin_boer Profile Picture
    4,843 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    hi @AmitKrause 

     

    that is very strange as both columns would have been read as text.  May I suggest you fix the datasource rather than filtering in PowerApps unless that is absolutely what you wish to do?

     

    IFERROR(yourCurrentFomula, "your Text") should do it in Excel.

     

     

     

  • AmitKrause Profile Picture
    95 on at

    Thanks!

     

    I've tried =IFERROR(LEFT(M8;LEN(M8)-2; "your Text") and I got 

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    rubin_boer Profile Picture
    4,843 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    hi @AmitKrause 

     you missed a closing bracket :).

     

    =IFERROR(LEFT(M8;LEN(M8)-2); "your Text") 

     

    That should do it

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    95 on at

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