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I am fairly new to Powerapps and are struggling with a Lookup Function.

I have created a Viewform with sharepoint list "Hardware" as the datasource. The Viewform should Lookup a text value in the column "Title" and match it with the value displayed in a Datacard on the same screen. If it matches, it should display that record.

Currently my string looks as follow:

LookUp(Hardware, Title.Value = DataCardValue214_1.Text) --> In powerapps "Value", "=" and "Text" is underlined in RED.

The "Title" column is a single line text format and "DataCardValue214_1" is pulled from a different sharepoint list with a lookup column linked to the same "Hardware" list.

How do I fix this?

Please let me know if you need more info.

Thanks

Nico

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Jeff_Thorpe 6,085 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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Have you tried this:

LookUp(Hardware, Title = DataCardValue214_1.Text)

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nicobuyspe 4 on at

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Hi

I have tried it, but to no avail.

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It appears the issue is with the datacard type. It currently shows as "complex".

I created a text box and made the value of the textbox "datacardvalue214_1" and it is underlined in red and the error message shows: "The property expects Text values, but this rule produces incompatible Control values".

I have also tested the formula by removing the datacardvalue and replacing it with text of one of the records and it works then, so the issue is definitely with the type of datacardvalue.

See below:
LookUp(Hardware, Title = "Yealink T21P")

Any idea how I could get the plain text value of the datacard "datacardvalue214_1" ?

Thanks

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Jeff_Thorpe 6,085 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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What type of control is your data card value (Text box, Combo box, Drop down, date field or something else)?

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sachinsoni 51 on at

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having same issue...

i have combo box control.

my complete formula is:
If(LookUp(EmpAndApprover,Approver=DataCardValue11,true),

red underline in datacardvalue11
error is invalid argument type

Please help to solve

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