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Users cannot see the Sharepoint data in Powerapps, but can edit it in Sharepoint itself

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Hello,

I changed some Sharepoint permissions because I wanted to solve the classic "I want the user to be able to read and edit the data from Power Apps, but not in Sharepoint" problem. I created a new permission level, broke some inheritances, changed the item level permissions in one of the lists, etc. It didn't work, so I changed everything again. I gave the users back the basic permission level to edit, but it seems I messed up pretty bad, because my test user with that permission level can do everything with the sharepoint lists in Sharepoint, but doesn't see any data in Power Apps. I've waited, created a new app from the same list, reassigned permissions (I've been working on this with small breaks for about 7 hours), but nothing helps. Maybe I forgot to change something again, but I have no idea. The power apps are shared with the test user who has edit permissions on the sharepoint list, so it should work. I don't even want to solve my first problem anymore, I just want to undo the whole thing so that users can use my app. I think it's a sharepoint issue rather than a power apps issue, but maybe one of you can help.

Thank you!

  • velegandla Profile Picture
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    Re: Users cannot see the Sharepoint data in Powerapps, but can edit it in Sharepoint itself

    @LauraAT 

     

    This could be a temporary issue.

     

    Is the other Power Apps working with SharePoint Lists?

     

    If not create a TEST List and a sample app using that list and see if it works?

     

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  • LauraAT Profile Picture
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    Re: Users cannot see the Sharepoint data in Powerapps, but can edit it in Sharepoint itself

    They get the basic "Error when trying to retrieve data from the network" message

  • velegandla Profile Picture
    202 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at
    Re: Users cannot see the Sharepoint data in Powerapps, but can edit it in Sharepoint itself

    @LauraAT 

     

    As long as they have access to Power App and Data source in this case SharePoint Lists it should work.

     

    What error are the users getting when they open the Power App?

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