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Posted on by BM-11112045-0

Hi all,

I am fairly new to Power Apps and I am currently trying to build an app to embed into a Power BI report. My current Screen1.OnVisible formula is as follows:

With(
    {
        ctx: PowerBIIntegration.Data
    },
// Refresh SQL data
Refresh(fact_cbp_submission);
Refresh(dim_pipeline_type);
Refresh(dim_practice_area);
Refresh(dim_lever);
// Load and merge filtered records
    ClearCollect(
        colRows,
        AddColumns(
            fact_cbp_submission,
            PipelineTypeName, 
                LookUp(
                    dim_pipeline_type,
                    Value(PipelineTypeID) = Value(ThisRecord.PipelineTypeID),
                    dim_pipeline_type.PipelineType
                ),
            PracticeAreaName,
                LookUp(
                    dim_practice_area,
                    Value(PracticeAreaID) = Value(ThisRecord.PracticeAreaID),
                    dim_practice_area.PracticeArea
                ),
            LeverCategoryName,
                LookUp(
                    dim_lever,
                    Value(LeverCategoryID) = Value(ThisRecord.LeverCategoryID),
                    dim_lever.LeverCategory
                ),
            IsNew, false,
            TempId, Text(Now(), "yyyymmddhhmmssfff")
        )
    )
);
 
but everytime  start the app colRows does not populate and I can't work out why. Can anyone give me some guidance here please? 

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SebS 4,569 Moderator on at

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Data not loading into local collection on app start

My guess would be that this is the scoop fault / ThisRecord try below finger cross it will work

// Load and merge filtered records

ClearCollect(

colRows,

AddColumns(

fact_cbp_submission As R,

PipelineTypeName,

LookUp(

dim_pipeline_type,

Value(PipelineTypeID) = Value(R.PipelineTypeID),

dim_pipeline_type.PipelineType

),

PracticeAreaName,

LookUp(

dim_practice_area,

Value(PracticeAreaID) = Value(R.PracticeAreaID),

dim_practice_area.PracticeArea

),

LeverCategoryName,

LookUp(

dim_lever,

Value(LeverCategoryID) = Value(R.LeverCategoryID),

dim_lever.LeverCategory

),

IsNew, false,

TempId, Text(Now(), "yyyymmddhhmmssfff")

)

)

);

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WarrenBelz 152,843 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Data not loading into local collection on app start

Hi @BM-11112045-0,

I prepared a response and forgot to post and I see now that @SebS has provided what should be a valid solution (so please mark that). I headed the same direction with a couple of slight variations (the As disambiguation operator is on the "other side" and I also tend to use Lookup( . . . . ).FieldName rather than LookUp( . . . . .,FieldName) when adding columns).

The other issue you may have here is Delegation with the Value() conversions - if they are already numbers, you do not need this (you do if they are Text).

The main reason (as @SebS pointed out) that ThisRecord may be an issue is that you have identically named fields in the list comparisons (hence the As operator). Anyway, I might as well post this now I have done it.
ClearCollect( colRows, AddColumns( fact_cbp_submission, PipelineTypeName, LookUp( dim_pipeline_type As _DPT, Value(_DPT.PipelineTypeID) = Value(PipelineTypeID) ).PipelineType, PracticeAreaName, LookUp( dim_practice_area As _DPA, Value(_DPA.PracticeAreaID) = Value(PracticeAreaID) ).PracticeArea, LeverCategoryName, LookUp( dim_lever As _DL, Value(_DL.LeverCategoryID) = Value(LeverCategoryID) ).LeverCategory, IsNew, false, TempId, Text( Now(), "yyyymmddhhmmssfff" ) ) );

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Data not loading into local collection on app start

Hi,

Add your ClearCollect function in the App.OnStart property, and then select Run OnStart to generate the collection. It will load data into the local collection when the app starts.

Hope this helps.

Thanks!

Inogic

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