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Posted on by dbbbb 44

Hello,

My aim is to add the 'Rejected' option to the dropdown only if all above dropdowns have a value selected.

If some dropdowns do not have a value selected, the 'Rejected' option should be invisible.

 

Is there a way to do it? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

Please see below screenshots for reference:

dbbbb_2-1688115924078.png

dbbbb_3-1688115949714.png

 

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  • Ethan_009 Profile Picture
    Ethan_009 4,838 Moderator on at

    Hi @dbbbb ,

     

    Try the following code, ensure you replace things with your column and control names:

    //This will be in "items" property for Dropdown where Rejected should be invisible
With(
 {
 EmptyDropdownValidation: (IsBlank(Dropdown1.Selected) && IsBlank(Dropdown2.Selected) && IsBlank(Dropdown3.Selected))
 },
 If(
 EmptyDropdownValidation,
 //Insert your choices, and add this code
 Filter(
 Choices() , !('fieldName' = "Rejected")
 ),
 //All Visible
 Choices()
 )
)

     

    Hope this helps

  • dbbbb Profile Picture
    dbbbb 44 on at

     

    With(
 {
 EmptyDropdownValidation: (IsBlank(Combobox1) && IsBlank(Combobox2) && IsBlank(Combobox3) && IsBlank(Combobox4))
 },
 If(
 EmptyDropdownValidation,
 Choices('MyList'[@'Status']),
 Filter(
 Choices('MyList'[@'Status']), !(Dropdown_Status = 'Rejected')
 ,
 Choices('MyList'[@'Status'])
 )
 )

     

    Hi @Ethan_R, thanks for replying

     

    I tried your code and get an error for !(Dropdown_Status.Selected = "Rejected") : These types cannot be compared: Record, Text

     

    And for the last Choices('MyList'[@'Status'] I get an error: we expect a boolean at this point in the formula

     

     

  • Ethan_009 Profile Picture
    Ethan_009 4,838 Moderator on at

    Hi @dbbbb ,

     

    Try the following code:

    With(
 {
 EmptyDropdownValidation: (
 (IsBlank(Combobox1.Selected) || IsEmpty(Combobox1.SelectedItems)) && 
 (IsBlank(Combobox2.Selected) || IsEmpty(Combobox2.SelectedItems)) &&
 (IsBlank(Combobox3.Selected) || IsEmpty(Combobox3.SelectedItems)) &&
 (IsBlank(Combobox4.Selected) || IsEmpty(Combobox4.SelectedItems))
 )
 },
 If(
 EmptyDropdownValidation,
 Choices('MyList'[@'Status']),
 Filter(
 Choices('MyList'[@'Status']), !(Status = 'Rejected')
 )
 ,
 Choices('MyList'[@'Status'])
 )
)

     

    Note: Status = 'Rejected', here Status is considered the field name. 

    If Status doesn't work, try "Value = "Rejected""

     

    Hope this helps

  • dbbbb Profile Picture
    dbbbb 44 on at

    Hi @Ethan_R, we are very close.

    The code does not produce any errors after altering the code to: !(Status.Text = "Rejected")

     

    However, when I enter the last 

     Choices('MyList'[@'Status'])

      The whole If throws an error: The function 'If' has some invalid arguments

     

    Do you have any clue what might cause this to happen?

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    Ethan_009 Profile Picture
    Ethan_009 4,838 Moderator on at

    Hi @dbbbb ,

     

    There's a small mistake as I copied you code.

    Here's the updated one:

     

    With(
 {
 EmptyDropdownValidation: (
 (IsBlank(Combobox1.Selected) || IsEmpty(Combobox1.SelectedItems)) && 
 (IsBlank(Combobox2.Selected) || IsEmpty(Combobox2.SelectedItems)) &&
 (IsBlank(Combobox3.Selected) || IsEmpty(Combobox3.SelectedItems)) &&
 (IsBlank(Combobox4.Selected) || IsEmpty(Combobox4.SelectedItems))
 )
 },
 If(
 EmptyDropdownValidation,
 Filter(
 Choices('MyList'[@'Status']), !(Status.Text = 'Rejected')
 )
 ,
 Choices('MyList'[@'Status'])
 )
)

     

     

    Hope this helps

  • dbbbb Profile Picture
    dbbbb 44 on at

    Hi @Ethan_R, the code finally doesn't throw any errors. However, it does not work as expected. After leaving two ComboBoxes blank, I still can choose 'Rejected' in the DropDown. Please see below:

    dbbbb_0-1688127545852.png

     

  • Verified answer
    Ethan_009 Profile Picture
    Ethan_009 4,838 Moderator on at

    Hi @dbbbb ,

     

    Please change this condition in above statements as 

     

     

    (
 IsBlank(Combobox1.Selected) || IsEmpty(Combobox1.SelectedItems) ||
 IsBlank(Combobox2.Selected) || IsEmpty(Combobox2.SelectedItems) ||
 IsBlank(Combobox3.Selected) || IsEmpty(Combobox3.SelectedItems) ||
 IsBlank(Combobox4.Selected) || IsEmpty(Combobox4.SelectedItems)
)

     

     

     

    Let me know if this works?

    As its only about this logic, I hope the conditions are met properly.

     

     

  • dbbbb Profile Picture
    dbbbb 44 on at

    Hi @Ethan_R, the above did not resolve the issue. However, after changing

    !(Status.Text = "Rejected") to !(Value = "Rejected"), the code started to work properly!

     

    A final question from my side: why in the EmptyDropdownValidation you check for IsBlank OR IsEmpty? Isn't IsBlank enough?

    IsBlank(Combobox1.Selected) || IsEmpty(Combobox1.SelectedItems)

     

  • Ethan_009 Profile Picture
    Ethan_009 4,838 Moderator on at

    Hi @dbbbb ,

     

    It works, 

    Just from personal experience I use both of them.

     

    You can use "IsEmpty(ComboBox1.SelectedItems)" 🙂

  • dbbbb Profile Picture
    dbbbb 44 on at

    Brilliant, thank you very much for the support @Ethan_R You saved my day!

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