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Components not reading Global Variable (Type Records)

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Posted on by alexis

Hi,

Does anyone also have a problem with components not able to read Global Variables (Records Type in my case) ?
The problem appears in several apps in my environment since the new release of PowerApps (3.20021.27) but it worked fine in the previous release (3.20014.23)

I haven't open a ticket yet

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Alexis

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I believe this is by design. Components are meant to be used throughout solutions, not in a specific case. You can create an input in your component that you then feed using a variable, but a component itself cannot reference a global variable. Think of them as a completely separate solution. At least this is my understanding.
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There's currently some tickets open in which components with an input property set to an external global variable are experiencing issues.

You can file a support ticket or in the interim you can switch the variable to a local variable (UpdateContext). Sorry for the inconvenience.

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alexis 21 on at

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Thanks for the answer, that's exactly what I'm experiencing right now.
I didn't think of using a local variable temporarily and removed all the components I used to replace them with common controls.

I'll test again later.
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CYoung 14 on at

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Yes this used to work until the today. Now the components don't work with global variables.

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Mr-Dang-MSFT on at

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Hi @alexis @CYoung @Anonymous ,

A fix went out earlier today for this issue. Can you report back if the issue is resolved for you?

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alexis 21 on at

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Hi,

Yes it's working again for me.
Thanks 👍

Alexis

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CYoung 14 on at

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yes thank you it is resolved

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mfcalmeida 28 on at

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It seems this issue is back... I'm running version 3.20043.21

The app works fine while editing in PowerApp Studio but in production, the components are unable to read the variable content.

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Hi @Anonymous , came across your comment when searching for how to pass a variable to a component. Can you provide any more detail on how to do this? I am setting a global var (MyRole) on app OnStart. I'd like to display that value in a label in my component. I have a Text input custom property and I am passing MyRole in as the value. However, the component shows "MyRole", not the value of the MyRole var. Am I missing something?

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@Cooper01
Did you enter "MyRole" or MyRole.Value?

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