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Not exactly how to phrase my question since I'm not sure what's causing the issue.

I built a component to enable some "smart navigation" using a collection at the app OnStart - the collection contains my screen names. Then in my component is a gallery with tab-like buttons that pull in the screen names and also navigate the user to that screen when clicked. There's also some conditional formatting on the buttons based on the active screen.

Everything works as expected when I enter the app directly. However, I also have added a parameter to deeplink directly to a specific record based on the ID. If I enter the app using the deeplink, I only see the active screen's button and text (the other button is there and is clickable, but the text/formatting is missing)

Any ideas why my collection/navigation isn't firing correctly when I use the deeplink?

App OnStart

ClearCollect(ColScreenNav,{Id:1,Screen:'Executive Summary'},{Id:2,Screen:Assess});

Set(varCanvasID, Value(Param("canvasid")));
If(varCanvasID <> 0, Set(varCanvasData, LookUp(Efforts, ID=varCanvasID)))

Component Gallery Items

ColScreenNav

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@JennC26

Can you expand more on what you mean by "Component Gallery Items"?

If you have a component, your component should have a property on it that is a table property. In your component, your gallery should be getting its table records from the property of the component - not from a collection!

IN the app (where you have put your component), the Property for the items should be set to the table you want from the app - the collection in your case.

Also, keep in mind that a collection is an in-memory database capable of adding, removing and editing records. Since your table is relatively static, it is a waste to bring this functionality in for a simple table. Instead, consider a table variable. Your OnStart formula would become the following:

Set(glbScreenNav,{Id:1,Screen:'Executive Summary'},{Id:2,Screen:Assess});

Set(varCanvasID, Value(Param("canvasid")));
If(varCanvasID <> 0, Set(varCanvasData, LookUp(Efforts, ID=varCanvasID)))

And then the property of your component in your app would use glbScreenNav