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Posted on by BeckyC

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Hi

I am very new to powerapps so this is probably a very basic question but I just can't get the search to work for me.

I am connecting to a sharepoint list called Store Locations and Location is the name of the column to search on.

In Gallery - items property - this works with just wanting to sort.

Sort('Store Locations', Location, If(SortDescending1, Descending, Ascending))

But now I want to add a search box - so users can enter a location in the search box that will then show only that location.

I have tried to change the items property for gallery to

Sort(Search('Store Locations','TextInput1-Search' Location, Store),Location If(SortDescending1, Descending, Ascending))

but I keep getting an error message with that. I'd appreciate any help that you can give.

And a follow-up question - do I need to add any properties to the search box field?

Thanks

Becky

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timl 36,753 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi Becky,

Something like this should take you closer.

Sort(Search('Store Locations',TextInput1-Search.Text, Location, Store), Location, If(SortDescending1, Descending, Ascending) )

The main thing is the part where you reference your text input control. If the name of your text input control is TextInput1-Search, TextInput1-Search.Text returns the contents of the text input control. Also, your formula was missing a comma.

In answer to your second question, there are no specific properties that you need to add to your search box.

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I tried the above and I still have something incorrect. I am getting the error
Invalid argument type (record). Expecting a text value instead

I think that the error is in my search function, but I don't know why. I got rid of the sort and only have
Search('Store Locations',TextInput1-Search.Text,Location)
and I get:
The search has some invalid arguments. I took out the search for Location & Store because store is a numeric field and I wondered if that was the issue - location is a text field. My search box has the format of text.

So can someone tell me what I am doing wrong with my search formula?

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