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Trying to Use a Patch Function to Update A DataVerse Table Record

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Posted on by cfarrell0208 6

I am trying to have an enroll button in my canvas app update the 'Remaining Seats' Column in my DataVerse table. 

Here is my code: 

 

ForAll(SelectedCourses, Patch('College Courses', LookUp('College Courses', 'Class Name' = ThisRecord.'Class Name'), {RemainingSeats : RemainingSeats - 1}))

 

The first time I reference RemainingSeats it is recognized, but the second time I get an error saying "Name isn't valid. 'RemainingSeats' isn't recognized. I don't know how to fix this. 

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    Michael E. Gernaey Profile Picture
    Michael E. Gernaey 53,963 Moderator on at

    Hi,

     

    If you are trying to refence itself against itself (like in Sql) it doesn't work like that.  sorry :-(.

     

    At the moment you are doing that, it has no idea what you are referring too because the LookUp, is about getting a reference for the patch command, not for property values.

     

    You'd have to already have this value stored somewhere(variable, gallery.Selected, collection etc)

     

    Does SelectedCourses have it? If so, use it like your  'Class Name = ThisRecord.'Class Name',if not, then you would have to do a lookup in place of the 2nd RemainingSets


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    cfarrell0208 6 on at

    Thank you so much!!! It worked 😀

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