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Bug report: CDS DefaultLookup not working

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There is a really very nice feature hidden in here:

https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/tutorials/field-groups/#lookup-and-app-generation-with-field-groups

 

Unfortunately it does not work yet.

 

Here is how to reproduce the bug:

1) Create two custom entities, one Countries one Cities

2) In Cities create a relationship to lookup to Countries and call it Country

3) In Countries add a text field and call it "MyTextValue"

4) In Countries, edit the DefaultLookup field group (as decribed in the link above) and add both PrimaryId and MyTextValue

5) Create a PowerApp and connect to Cities

6) Create a text box and start typing its text value as First(Cities).Country. and then you should get a choice of PrimaryId and MyTextValue

 

So far so good, and it would be great if it worked.  Unfortunately if you choose myTextValue the text box does not show the corresponding value of MyTextValue for the first record in Cities, but shows a blank.

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  • v-monli-msft Profile Picture
    Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi Meneghino,

     

    I'm trying to reproduce your issue. I have done all the steps from 1 to 5, but I got stuck in step 6. You generated this app by choosing the option to create an app from data, right? If so, did you add this text box by yourself? Any formular you added to it? 

     

    Please describe more about this step 6 so that I could try to reproduce it. Also, some screenshots of your result and app would be even better. Thanks.

     

    Regards,

    Mona

  • Meneghino Profile Picture
    6,949 on at

    Hi @v-monli-msft

    No, I never create apps from data.  There is nothing more than described in the steps. So the app is just one text box.

    Please let me know if anything else requires clarification.

    Thanks for following up.

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