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Hello Everyone,

I have a combobox that patches to a person column. However, there are some users whose details do not patch. It gives a network error message that says ": requested operation is invalid". I don't have this issue with the majority of users. What could the problem be?

//submit the form data
Set(varCurrentAdminRecord,
Patch(
 Units,
 varCurrentAdminRecord,
 {
 Unit: txt_AdminUnits_Unit1_1.Text,
 Department: txt_AdminUnits_Dept1_1.Text,
 UnitHead: {
 '@odata.type': "#Microsoft.Azure.Connectors.SharePoint.SPListExpandedUser",
 Claims: "i:0#.f|membership|" & cmb_AdminUnits_UnitHead1_1.Selected.DisplayName,
 Department: "",
 DisplayName: cmb_AdminUnits_UnitHead1_1.Selected.DisplayName,
 Email: cmb_AdminUnits_UnitHead1_1.Selected.DisplayName,
 JobTitle: "",
 Picture: ""
 },
 DepartmentHead: {
 '@odata.type': "#Microsoft.Azure.Connectors.SharePoint.SPListExpandedUser",
 Claims: "i:0#.f|membership|" & cmb_AdminUnits_DeptHead1_2.Selected.DisplayName,
 Department: "",
 DisplayName: cmb_AdminUnits_DeptHead1_2.Selected.DisplayName,
 Email: cmb_AdminUnits_DeptHead1_2.Selected.DisplayName,
 JobTitle: "",
 Picture: ""
 },
 Members:ForAll(
 cmb_AdminUnits_PayRequester_1.SelectedItems,
 {
 '@odata.type': "#Microsoft.Azure.Connectors.SharePoint.SPListExpandedUser",
 Claims: "i:0#.f|membership|" & ThisRecord.DisplayName,
 Department: "",
 DisplayName: ThisRecord.DisplayName,
 Email: ThisRecord.DisplayName,
 JobTitle: "",
 Picture: ""
 }
 )
 }
));

// check for errors
If(
 IsEmpty(Errors(Units)),
 // on success
 UpdateContext({locAdminFormDisplayMode: "View"});
 Notify(
 "Success: Record Saved",
 NotificationType.Success
 ),
 // on failure
 Notify(
 Concat(Errors(Units), Column&": "&Message),
 NotificationType.Error
 )
);
Refresh(Units)

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Re: Error when patching person column

Hi @AdaEloka ,

Two things- I will give you some alternative structure to try (note Email may be Mail depending on the Items of your Combo Boxes)

Set( varCurrentAdminRecord, Patch( Units, { ID: varCurrentAdminRecord.ID, Unit: txt_AdminUnits_Unit1_1.Text, Department: txt_AdminUnits_Dept1_1.Text, UnitHead: { Claims: "i:0#.f|membership|" & Lower(cmb_AdminUnits_UnitHead1_1.Selected.Email), Department: "", DisplayName: cmb_AdminUnits_UnitHead1_1.Selected.DisplayName, Email: cmb_AdminUnits_UnitHead1_1.Selected.Email, JobTitle: "", Picture: "" }, DepartmentHead: { Claims: "i:0#.f|membership|" & Lower(cmb_AdminUnits_DeptHead1_2.Selected.Email), Department: "", DisplayName: cmb_AdminUnits_DeptHead1_2.Selected.DisplayName, Email: cmb_AdminUnits_DeptHead1_2.Selected.Email, JobTitle: "", Picture: "" }, Members: ForAll( cmb_AdminUnits_PayRequester_1.SelectedItems As _Sel, { Claims: "i:0#.f|membership|" & Lower(_Sel.Email), Department: "", DisplayName: _Sel.DisplayName, Email: _Sel.Email, JobTitle: "", Picture: "" } ) } ) );

but I noticed you are saving the DisplayName in the Claims, Email and DisplayName fields. If this is intentional, why use a Person field, just save it to a Single Line of Text. I have used the email in the code above.

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Re: Error when patching person column

It still gives the same error. I saved DisplayName in the Claims, Email and DisplayName fields because that's the only option I get after ".Selected." Anything else results in the red squiggly lines appearing...

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@AdaEloka ,

You need to look at the Items of the three Combo Boxes cmb_AdminUnits_UnitHead1_1, cmb_AdminUnits_UnitHead1_2 and cmb_AdminUnits_PayRequester_1 and ensure you have a Person structure if you want to do what you are currently attempting.

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Re: Error when patching person column

This is what I now have in the Items property but it still gives the same error... Office365Users.SearchUser({searchTerm: Self.SearchText, top: 100})

I've also changed the Claims, and Email fields to use ".Mail" instead of ".DisplayName"

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I've checked the details of the error message and this is what it shows... "patch person column error "The specified user i:0#.f|membership| could not be found."
This is my updated formula...
//submit the form data Set(varCurrentAdminRecord, Patch( Units, varCurrentAdminRecord, { Unit: txt_AdminUnits_Unit1_1.Text, Department: txt_AdminUnits_Dept1_1.Text, UnitHead: { '@odata.type': "#Microsoft.Azure.Connectors.SharePoint.SPListExpandedUser", Claims: "i:0#.f|membership|" & Lower(LookUp(Office365Users.SearchUserV2().value,DisplayName = cmb_AdminUnits_UnitHead1_1.Selected.DisplayName).Mail), Department: "", DisplayName: cmb_AdminUnits_UnitHead1_1.Selected.DisplayName, Email: cmb_AdminUnits_UnitHead1_1.Selected.Mail, JobTitle: "", Picture: "" }, DepartmentHead: { '@odata.type': "#Microsoft.Azure.Connectors.SharePoint.SPListExpandedUser", Claims: "i:0#.f|membership|" & Lower(LookUp(Office365Users.SearchUserV2().value,DisplayName = cmb_AdminUnits_DeptHead1_2.Selected.DisplayName).Mail), Department: "", DisplayName: cmb_AdminUnits_DeptHead1_2.Selected.DisplayName, Email: cmb_AdminUnits_DeptHead1_2.Selected.Mail, JobTitle: "", Picture: "" }, Members:ForAll( cmb_AdminUnits_PayRequester_1.SelectedItems As _Sel, { '@odata.type': "#Microsoft.Azure.Connectors.SharePoint.SPListExpandedUser", Claims: "i:0#.f|membership|" & Lower(LookUp(Office365Users.SearchUserV2().value,DisplayName = _Sel.DisplayName).Mail), Department: "", DisplayName: _Sel.DisplayName, Email: _Sel.Mail, JobTitle: "", Picture: "" } ) } )); // check for errors If( IsEmpty(Errors(Units)), // on success UpdateContext({locAdminFormDisplayMode: "View"}); Notify( "Success: Record Saved", NotificationType.Success ), // on failure Notify( Concat(Errors(Units), Column&": "&Message), NotificationType.Error ) ); Refresh(Units)

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@AdaEloka ,

Have you checked your data to ensure you have data in the required fields/controls ? The code is valid and the fact it works for some users confirms this.

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Yes I have

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@AdaEloka ,

I think you need to look at permissions - generally user-related access / error issues relate to this in some way. There in nothing wrong with the code that I can see.

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