Refreshing the source (control defaults) without manually updating browser

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Dear all,

I am facing the problem that I can't get my app to refresh the data after my complete submitting process is finished.

My app does not use an edit form, I am patching all my data and after patch is finished starting a power automate instant flow which gets the item via the ID called from power apps. The flow does some further updates on the item, including most importantly updating several hyperlinks via POST (both URL and text) which as I learned is still not possible from power apps - if anybody knows a way to patch both without power automate, that would be welcome as well.

Anyway, i would like to refresh controls after the workflow is finished automatically - currently it is only possible if user manually updates the browser (F5) or closes/reopens the items.

I could update some of the values I want by returning values from the workflow to power apps and updating some variables. But this is very messy and not a general solution.

I would like to have a way for all controls to pull new default values automatically.

The usual advice to use Refresh (data source) is not working for me - when I do that, nothing happens (at least nothing I would notice). Maybe I am doing something wrong?

An advice how to do this or what I might overlook when using the refresh function, would be highly appreciated.

Thanks in advance

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BhaskarDhone 1,394 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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share your code on default of the control which needs to be updated.

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Nuriel 177 on at

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As an example here is a button with:

OnSelect

Launch(ThisItem.URL)

ThisItem.URL is a hyperlink column which is updated by the flow, but before I manually refresh the browser fenster, it launches the old url

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WarrenBelz 155,111 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi @Nuriel,

The trick here is using Respond to a Power App or Flow action at the end of your Flow and setting a Variable to what is sent back. The Variable is not important (although the ID is useful if it is a new record), however it forces Power Apps to wait for the result before continuing. You can then add Refresh(YourDataSource) after that and it will then allow you to query the updated or created record. I use it regularly (example photos uploaded in the field via a Flow can be viewed in a Gallery immediately).

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Hi @WarrenBelz,

that's exactly what I have been doing. I am passing variables via Respond to a Power App or Flow and use them e. g. to updatecontext some labels at least after the flow is finished.

But putting Refresh (DataSource) after that doesn't do anything at all. I have played further a little bit after my post and, if instead of Refresh (Datasource) I do a lookup on same item in following manner:

Set( varThisItem, LookUp( Datasource, ID = varSelectedListItemID ) )

This gets a part of controls automatically updated - which is already a progress.

Unfortunately the hyperlink column stays resistant and wouldn't update still and the "launch" command in the OnSelect stays dead until I F5 the browser :(

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WarrenBelz 155,111 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi @Nuriel,

The other issue (re-reading your initial post) is that URL fields in SharePoint are not really designed for the Power Apps connection and may not refresh - a bit like the experience with calculated fields (as you have experienced) - it you keep them to Text, does that make a difference ?

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Raghu Kora 10 on at

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Can you send response from Power automate flow back to app. That could help achieve this.

But if that is not possible in your case, we might still be able to achieve it depending on how much time your flow execution takes. If you can provide more details like what is data source, and how much time it takes the flow run etc. it would be really helpful

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