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Power Apps patch SP date field with blank value

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In my App I have a gallery with button that should set a date field to blank for that item.
Problem is that it does not set to blank though, using correct syntax.
I have found posts that say this problem is solved by setting "formula level error management" on, but that experimental feature is not available in my app settings (now Settings -> Updates ->New/Preview/experimental/retired; "Updates" is a new label).
So it would seem the problem of updating a SP date field to blank still exists, but the workaround "formula level error management" is no longer available to resolve this?
 
This is the code I used:
Patch(
    myTable,
    LookUp(myTable,ID=ThisItem.ID),
    {
        myDateField:Blank() 
    }
);
 
Result: correct processing (no error raised), but nothing changed to the data, it stayed the same.
And tried also with myDateField:DateTimeValue(Blank())  and with myDateField:DateValue(Blank()) but same result, no blanking out of the date for this ID item.
 
As a check of my formula, tried also this one:
myDateField:DateValue("2000-01-01")
-> This worked, it stored the date 01/01/2000 in SP for that item. But I obviously do not want this, I want the date field to be blank.
 
Any suggestions on this?
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    Daniel Bocklandt Profile Picture
    5,151 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Hey @yla3357 ,

     

    I know its not always clear how those columns actually work. 

    Could you try this solution? Solved: Re: Update blank/Null value to fields (Date, User,... - Power Platform Community (microsoft.com)

     

  • yla3357 Profile Picture
    20 on at

    Thank you @DBO_DV ,

    It makes it a bit complicated when the values are to be regularly updated by different triggers, and the date value being important/used for filtering.

    Eventually I made a simple Power Automate flow with the item ID as input, and will update the date field to blank as expected. 

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