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I'm relatively new to power apps. I've created an app that is connected to a SharePoint list. This app contains a search input (in which someone can search a name). This is linked to a gallery, displaying rows from the list assosciated with that name. When a row from the gallery is selected, this displays information from that row in the sharepoint list in a from viewer.

I want to be able to track information on who is using the app and what is being selected from the gallery. I believe I can do this with a patch function, recording information of the user (email would be fine) and the names they are selecting in a separate list. Is this the best way to do this? If so, what would the patch function look like and where should I place this to trigger when someone selects an item from the gallery?

Thanks!

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Hello @karenperry,

Yes, creating a separate SharePoint list for logging/auditing of the item.

You can create a separate SharePoint list something like "AppLogs" and store details like:

User Email
Selected Record Name
Selected Record ID

You can place the code on the Gallery item OnSelect

Patch(
    AppLogs, //Assuming your SharePoint list name is "AppLogs" if it's different please replace
    Defaults(AppLogs),
    {
        UserEmail: User().Email,
        SelectedName: ThisItem.Title,
        SelectedRecordID:ThisItem.ID
    }
)

//If your column name is different then please replace with you column name..

This will create a new log entry every time a user selects an item from the gallery.

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