Displaying photos with Office365Users.UserPhotoV2() and Office365Users.UserPhotoMetadata()

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So I've built an employee directory and I am having issue with the employee photo.

On the Main Screen I have the photos displaying with this:

If(Office365Users.UserPhotoMetadata(ThisItem.UserPrincipalName).HasPhoto = true,Office365Users.UserPhoto(ThisItem.Id),clipart3293928)

On the Selected Screen I am using the following:

If(!IsBlank(ThisItem.UserPrincipalName), Office365Users.UserPhotoV2(ThisItem.UserPrincipalName), clipart3293928)

However I am still throwing the following error. Additionally on the Selected Screen the clipart does not show when the user doesn't have a photo either. Any ideas?

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BCBuizer 22,833 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

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Hi @Acruz5 ,

For the Main screen, there may be miniscule moments where the data is not available which will cause an error instantaneously, so I suggest to include an IfError function to handle any errors:

If( IfError( Office365Users.UserPhotoMetadata(ThisItem.UserPrincipalName).HasPhoto, false), Office365Users.UserPhoto(ThisItem.Id), clipart3293928 )

For the Selected screen use:

If( !IsBlank( IfError( Office365Users.UserPhotoV2(ThisItem.UserPrincipalName), Blank() ) ), Office365Users.UserPhotoV2(ThisItem.UserPrincipalName), clipart3293928 )

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@BCBuizer Thanks. That sort of works. It no longer errors out all the time. However, when selecting someone without a photo the clipart doesn't show.

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Hi @Acruz5 ,

For which of the two formulas is this issue?

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The selected screen.

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Hi @Acruz5 ,

Please try the same formula as for the Main screen:

If( IfError( Office365Users.UserPhotoMetadata(ThisItem.UserPrincipalName).HasPhoto, false), Office365Users.UserPhoto(ThisItem.Id), clipart3293928 )

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That works. Thank you.

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