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Updating Second List following edits of a form that is liked to a first list

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Posted on by dprycePA 14

Hi, 

I have a project tracking MS List (Second list) that when an item is created it patches some columns to a Resource Tracker list (First list). When edits are made to the Project tracking list (Second list) I want to send those changes to the Resource Tracker list (First list) and update the record, without duplicating it. 


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The fields in the second list that need to be sent to update the first list are, Shown below as (Second List: First List)
AA_ID: ID

FullName: DA Member,
Date_Start: Date_Start,
Date_End: Date_End,
Resource_Category: Resource_Category,
Modified: Modified,
Created: Created,
Modified By: Modified By,
Created By: Created By,

The ID field in the First list is used as the unique identifier to select the right record, therefore is the same as the AA_ID field in the Second list. 

 

Is someone able to me with the formula that should go into the form or button that is connected to the Second List?
Thanks in advance

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  • dprycePA Profile Picture
    dprycePA 14 on at

    The Code I have tried in the OnSuccess of the Second List is:
    With(Self.LastSubmit,
    Patch(
    'BC - Resource Tracker',
    {
    ID: LookUp('BC - Resource Tracker', AA_ID=ID, ID),
    FullName: ThisRecord.'DA Member',
    Date_Start: ThisRecord.Date_Start,
    Date_End: ThisRecord.Date_End,
    Resource_Category: ThisRecord.Resource_Category,
    Modified: ThisRecord.Modified,
    Created: ThisRecord.Created,
    'Modified By': ThisRecord.'Modified By',
    'Created By': ThisRecord.'Created By',
    AA_ID: ThisRecord.ID
    }
    )
    )

    The app doesnt like it and the error I get when i play the app and press button that submits the form states "Network error when using Patch function: The data returned by the service was invalid"

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    WarrenBelz Profile Picture
    WarrenBelz 156,714 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Hi @dprycePA ,

    If you are updating an exiting record, it would be something like this - you cannot write to the ID or the Created/Modified columns

    With(
 {_Record: Self.LastSubmit},
 Patch(
 'BC - Resource Tracker',
 LookUp(
 'BC - Resource Tracker',
 AA_ID = _Record.ID
 ),
 {
 FullName: _Record.'DA Member',
 Date_Start: _Record.Date_Start,
 Date_End: _Record.Date_End,
 Resource_Category: _Record.Resource_Category
 }
 )
)

    If you are writing a new record

    With(
 {_Record: Self.LastSubmit},
 Patch(
 'BC - Resource Tracker',
 Defaults('BC - Resource Tracker'),
 {
 FullName: _Record.'DA Member',
 Date_Start: _Record.Date_Start,
 Date_End: _Record.Date_End,
 Resource_Category: _Record.Resource_Category
 AA_ID: _Record.ID
 }
 )
)

     

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  • dprycePA Profile Picture
    dprycePA 14 on at

    Hi Warren, thanks for the reply. When inputting the formula into the OnSuccess part of my form I get these errors:

    dprycePA_0-1709200927591.png

    dprycePA_1-1709200972356.png

    The Columns that for the list I want to send to are as follows:

    dprycePA_2-1709201017511.png

     

  • WarrenBelz Profile Picture
    WarrenBelz 156,714 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Hi @dprycePA ,

    LookUp has a Capital U

  • dprycePA Profile Picture
    dprycePA 14 on at

    If I try to fix the LookUp function, by using First(Filter('BC - Resource Tracker', AA_ID = _Record.ID))
    I get the following error

    dprycePA_0-1709202984947.png

     

  • dprycePA Profile Picture
    dprycePA 14 on at

    Hi @WarrenBelz 
    Thanks for the spot !! I now get this error, even though we are patching through FullName, 

    dprycePA_3-1709204517860.png

    could it be because I have a lookup column that pulls through a column FullName: Email from another list as below?

    dprycePA_4-1709204525729.png

  • WarrenBelz Profile Picture
    WarrenBelz 156,714 Most Valuable Professional on at

    @dprycePA ,

    First(Filter( is just a long way of doing a LookUp, but the point is you have shown the AA_ID is a number field in 'BC - Resource Tracker', and clearly the last submitted record (which is referred to as _Record) has an ID field, so how can this not be valid ?

    LookUp(
 'BC - Resource Tracker',
 AA_ID = _Record.ID
),

    There is something not correct in the posted structure here I suspect.

  • WarrenBelz Profile Picture
    WarrenBelz 156,714 Most Valuable Professional on at

    @dprycePA ,

    To be honest, SharePoint lookup columns are not necessary generally and will cause you much unwanted complexity and restrictions with Power Apps. I have not and probably never will use them. It appears you have a compulsory field that may be causing all this issue

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