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How to set Current user in People Picker field

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I have one people picker field in my list. Now I would like to set current user as default selected in people picker control. I'm able to set current user as a default user selected in people picker field but I have to click on people picker control before save button click, other wise it is not saving the data.

PFA property set in people picker control:

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Hi SPDevOne,

After you set the current user as a Default user in People picker field, by clicking on the People picker control before saving the data, could you save the People information to the list?

Per my certain knowledge, when an Edit form control is in New mode, however, the Item property is ignored. The form doesn't show an existing record; instead, the values in each field match the default values of the data source with which you configured the form.

So though you have set the current user as a Default user in People picker field, the value in this field might not match the default values of the data source. So if you don’t click on the People picker control before saving the data, the data cannot be saved to data source, and you are asked to enter a required value to the required field.

For People picker field, on Edit screen, you could search a user by entering user name, then select one from drop down items.

About Edit form and Display Form, please check this documentation for more details:
https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/tutorials/control-form-detail/

Best regards,
Mabel Mao

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Select ComboBox (With People & Group type) => Advanced => DefaultSelectedItems = Office365Users.MyProfile()

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Jeff_Thorpe 6,085 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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@SPDevOne,

If you are still having issues setting the current users as the default value for your person field I think I can help. If you have already been making changes to the data card or person field then I will need you to remove field and add it back. If you go into the data pane of the form the person that is selected is probably gray out because of the changes. You can remove that one and then select it again from the list of fields. This will give us the standard people picker combo box.

Add this formula to the Default property of the Data Card that is the parent of the combo box field. You will need to change the "EditForm" name to the name of your Edit Form and you will also need to change the "PersonGroup" in "ThisItem." to the name of the People Picker Field.

If(EditForm.Mode = New,{ '@odata.type':"#Microsoft.Azure.Connectors.SharePoint.SPListExpandedUser", Claims:Concatenate("i:0#.f|membership|",User().Email), DisplayName:User().FullName, Email:User().Email }, ThisItem.PersonGroup)
This formula should set the Combo Box's value to the current if the form is new. If the form is Edit then it will display the value that is coming from SharePoint. You should be able to save a new form with the current user's name without having to select the field before saving.

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