Patch to Sharepoint list: Parenclose w. EOF expected

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I'm struggling with my first Patch function.

I am tying to patch enter a new record into a Sharepointlist (Corona_Test_Lehrer_in_Klassen)

There are 3 fields:

1. Lehrer ... There I want to enter the current user's email address (stored in varUserEmail). The field is a Sharepoint person field. So it should take the e-mail. With a form that works.

2. Schule ... There I want to store the name of the school (selected in a dropdown box named Dropdown_Schule)

3. Klasse ... There I want to store the name of the class (selected in a combobox named ComboBox_Klasse)

I don't know where I'm going wrong.

Patch(
 Corona_Test_Lehrer_in_Klassen; 
 Defaults(Corona_Test_Lehrer_in_Klassen; 
{ 
 Lehrer: varUserEmail;
 Schule: Dropdown_Schule.Selected.Result;
 Klasse: ComboBox_Klasse.Selected.Klasse;
}
)

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CNT 10,919 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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Re: Patch to Sharepoint list: Parenclose w. EOF expected

@schwibach Try this,
Patch( Corona_Test_Lehrer_in_Klassen; Defaults(Corona_Test_Lehrer_in_Klassen); { Lehrer: varUserEmail; Schule: Dropdown_Schule.Selected; Klasse: First(ComboBox_Klasse.SelectedItems); } )

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Re: Patch to Sharepoint list: Parenclose w. EOF expected

Thank you.
Now, it gives me a different mistake.
It says there is an invalid argument type. It's expecting a record value with a different schema.

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Re: Patch to Sharepoint list: Parenclose w. EOF expected

@schwibach I'm don't know what datatypes you have in you SP List. You'll have to adjust the formula I gave to match that data type.

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Re: Patch to Sharepoint list: Parenclose w. EOF expected

Thanks!

Lehrer is a person field
The other two are lookup fields that reference one line text fields.
I'll try to figure out how to deal with the lookup fields

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Re: Patch to Sharepoint list: Parenclose w. EOF expected

@schwibach May I ask you why you are trying to use Patch. Having an EditForm and using SubmitForm may be very simple.

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Re: Patch to Sharepoint list: Parenclose w. EOF expected

I've never used Patch before. It seemed "cleaner" than using a form and making the form invisible.

But I guess you are right... I'll try to do it with a form and dropdown boxes.

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Re: Patch to Sharepoint list: Parenclose w. EOF expected

@schwibach

Agreed with @CNT on the use of a Form. Use them as much as possible as they provide more power than you can design in and have more functionality that you don't want to be without!

That said, your formula for the Patch can be:

Patch( Corona_Test_Lehrer_in_Klassen; Defaults(Corona_Test_Lehrer_in_Klassen); { Lehrer: { Claims:"i:0#.f|membership|" & Lower(varUserEmail); Department:""; DisplayName: varUserEmail; Email: varUserEmail; JobTitle: ""; Picture: "" }; Schule: Dropdown_Schule.Selected; Klasse: First(ComboBox_Klasse.SelectedItems); } )

You need to supply a SharePoint user record for a Person column. The above does that.

I hope this is helpful for you.

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Re: Patch to Sharepoint list: Parenclose w. EOF expected

Thank you.
If I may ask a followup question.
How do I get the form to submit the current user into the person field in the form.
I tried to write user() in the update field and using the varUserEmail in both the DataCard and the DataCardValue.

I'm probably missing something really simple

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Re: Patch to Sharepoint list: Parenclose w. EOF expected

@schwibach

SharePoint user records are vastly different than other record types - like User() or Office365 user records. So, you have to convert to make that happen.

So, in the form you need to set the Update property of the DataCard that represents your Lehrer column (assuming this is what we are talking about, to:

{ Claims:"i:0#.f|membership|" & Lower(varUserEmail); Department:""; DisplayName: varUserEmail; Email: varUserEmail; JobTitle: ""; Picture: "" }

NOW...with the above formula, your field will ALWAYS be updated to the user represented in the varUserEmail. AND, your form will always be "Unsaved" for all other users.

So, if you want to account for that, then do so with the following:

Coalesce( Self.Default, { Claims:"i:0#.f|membership|" & Lower(varUserEmail); Department:""; DisplayName: varUserEmail; Email: varUserEmail; JobTitle: ""; Picture: "" } )

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