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Hi Team,

I am working on a Power Apps application and need clarification regarding dropdown value persistence behavior.

Requirement:

I have a dropdown control in the app. If a user selects a value (for example, 40), and later logs in from another system or device, the same selected value (40) should be displayed automatically.

Important Note:
This needs to work without saving the selected value to any external API or backend database.

Could you please confirm:

Is this achievable using built-in Power Apps functionality only?
What is the recommended approach to persist the dropdown selection across sessions and devices without API integration?

Kindly guide me with the best possible solution or reference documentation.

Thank you.

Categories:

Microsoft Dataverse with Power Apps

Hi,

In Power Apps, there is no built-in way to keep a user’s dropdown selection saved across different sessions or devices unless the value is stored somewhere.

Functions like SaveData() and LoadData() only save data on the user’s current device, so they won’t work if the user logs in from another device. Similarly, variables created using Set() or UpdateContext() are temporary and get cleared once the app is closed.

Because of this, these options cannot be used for cross-device persistence.

To meet this requirement, the selected dropdown value needs to be saved in a persistent data source such as Dataverse, SharePoint, or SQL. When the user logs in again (from any device), the app can retrieve this saved value and display it automatically.

Hope this helps!

Thanks!

Inogic