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I'm presenting the data to the user filtered by the comments made by the user. Then, I want the user to be able to search by name. Here are the separate searches that work; I just can't get them to work together.

//This search queries the comment list and outputs the comments made by the user in descending order

Sort(

Filter(

CSTComments,

'Created By'.Email = User().Email

Created,

Descending

)

//This search allows the data in CSTComments to search the data by first name. Note: I can't use the StartsWith function because the data I'm working with has the name set to (Student) at the beginning of each student's name.

Search(

AddColumns(

CSTComments,

"displayname",

'StudentInfo'.DisplayName

myCommentsSearch.Text,

"displayname",

"Title"

)

Any help will be much appreciated.

Kind regards,

Brian

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Hi @BriantheTeacher ,

You have not stated your data source, but assuming SharePoint, this will preserve some element of Delegation capability

With( { wData: Sort( Filter( CSTComments, 'Created By'.Email = User().Email ), Created, Descending ) }, Search( AddColumns( wData, "displayname", 'StudentInfo'.DisplayName ), myCommentsSearch.Text, "displayname", "Title" ) )

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Hi Warren,

This is exactly what I needed. Thank you for your quick and excellent response.

Kind regards,

Brian

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Question: I noticed after the filter/search function works correctly, the selection functionality is no longer working. Is there a way that when the user selects a record, that the comment for that record can be displayed? Here's screen shot that shows what they user would click and where the comment would show up.user clicks the student on the left and the corresponding html comment shows up in the box.

Thanks,

Brian

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Hi @BriantheTeacher ,

What is the code you are using to for the pop-up and what is the error you are receiving ?

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It wasn't finding the item that was selected. I kept working on it and found this solution that continued to provide access to the ThisItem in my SharePoint data source. I'm wondering if there is a way to access the AddColumns data?

Here's the search I used:
Filter(
CSTComments,
And(
Or('Created By'.Email = User().Email),
myCommentsSearch.Text in StudentInfo.DisplayName ||
myCommentsSearch.Text in Comments ||
myCommentsSearch.Text in StudentID
)
)

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Hi @BriantheTeacher ,

I am a little confused on exactly what you want here - if you need EITHER the user's records OR the Search of the other three fields, this will do it

Filter( CSTComments, 'Created By'.Email = User().Email || myCommentsSearch.Text in StudentInfo.DisplayName || myCommentsSearch.Text in Comments || myCommentsSearch.Text in StudentID )

You did not state your data source, but I assume it is SharePoint and if so, it is not Delegable. If you want the person to filter their own records, then what I posted originally will work with some Delegation as the top filter can be used to "pre-filter" and as long as the returned records are under your limit. What is it you want to with the AddColumns ?

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My datasource is SharePoint. I want the user to sort through filtered results where each comment is one they made. Then, I want them to be able to select a comment and it show up in the box to the right which is a form with a text input that should get the comments from the selected record.

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@BriantheTeacher .

OK - I need to know if we are still talking about the filter or if the issue is now the pop-up - I now suspect the latter. Is the pop-up a Text input and if so, what is the Default and what if anything is the OnSelect of the Gallery ?

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Thanks for the reply...I don't want to leave you hanging. I'll get home from work later today and can respond. Have a good day.

Brian

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