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Dropdown items are not recognized in formula bar.

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i have a SP list name "Power List" and ther is a choice column name "AffectedBuildings" inside that list and showing in power app as a dropdown list "dataCard1" in a form, the dropdown list contains 3 choices "Building 1" "Building 2" and "Building 3", i want when i select Building 1 from the dropdown and submit the form, only the residents of building 1 can see that item in the gallery list in browse screen.

I tried to use items property: if(datacard1.selected.value = "Building1",true) but can't recognize 'Building1".

Your support is appriciated.

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SebS 4,867 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

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Hi @haider1

The Bulding1 in Your choice is a Record and You compareing it with String try

if(datacard1.SelectedText.Value = "Building1","true") insted and that should match

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same error and there is no selectedText in the suggestions only (selected and selecteditems and both are not working).
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Hi @haider1

Sorry, my Network Die 🙂

I forgot to add .Value at the end, below screens from working solution
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Hi @haider1

If You see Selected and SelectedItems, you don't use the DropDown box. That's ComboBox, and this is the reason my Solution does not work.

Switch ComboBox to DropDown box, and in items use Choices to populate its syntax will be Choices(SPlist.Column) where SPList it's the list where the column with building nr is stored and Column it's the name of the Choice Column.

If you need to use ComboBox I think you will need to Concat result to get it in the text but I don't see a reason to use ComboBox till You want a user to be able to pick more than one building

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Hi @haider1

Here is a working solution with Combobox. You using the reson Your code is not working actually is the result of Control = Bulding1 already give You boolean Value and You adding true after "," after "," You should add what will happen if the Logic is true and after next "," you adding what will happen if the Logic is false

So you can add a Lable that will have logic like this :

If(ComboBox2.Selected.Value = "Bulding1","Send B1","Send B2") and then You can have a flow If that label showing Send B1 emails are sent to Tenants of Building 1 if it's Send B2 Emails are sent to Bulding2

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