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Hey, not had much luck with this discussion group but lets see. 

 

I have a lookup column that i am patching with 'Add new row' with dataverse. 

I am doing this : 

 

JasonHoffoLeic_0-1671468735416.png

And this works - so i have the table name and a variable which holds the guid. 

 

If the guid is empty then i just want to patch NOTHING 

 

So I have looked at 

 

if(empty(item()?['InvoiceRecipient.DisplayName']),null,item()?['InvoiceRecipient.DisplayName'])

 

Then works in my example variable but as i want to add the exact command if it is NOT NULL then I am struggling as this causing an error : 

 

if(contains(outputs('Compose'),null),"",/avg_uwproducttables({outputs('Compose')}))
/avg_uwproducttables(@{outputs('Compose')})

 

and i guess it is becasue the /avg_uwproducttables is in the column (so to speak) and not in a formula 

as my screenshot highlights 

 

So how can i make this IF statement partly as an expression and partly as text in the field ? As per my screenshot. 

 

Any help would be amazing... 

 

Thanks alot guys and gals 

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    SudeepGhatakNZ Profile Picture
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    Not sure why you have the contains function but Try concatenation,

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