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I imported to Dataverse an Excel, but, by mistake, assigned as 'choice' type a field that originally had integers.

When I get a 'SelectedRecord' record with LookUp, I have a lot of problems with this field. When I compare with an integer value ir returns FALSE

Set(myBoolean,SelectedRecord.Section=1)

myBoolean is ALLWAYS false, but the actual value of this field is 1 (as 'choice'). Not 1 as integer, nor 1 as string. How can I compare?

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Michael E. Gernaey 53,452 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi

If you imported incorrectly, you need to wipe the data and start over otherwise you are writing code to try to overcome a bad move with the data, code shouldn't be used for that, its not sustainable.

You would need to do something like this

Assuming that .Section is actually a Choice, is like my below

My table has a Column called MyChoice2 as a choice, i want to compare the literall choice '1' (which is a string) value

= [@'MyChoice2 (TableAS)'].'1'

so this is the format you use, where after you type the . (period) you will see your choices to select from. So you can compare

Again though, if its NOT a choice Section then it won't work unless you convert the value to a text string.

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Ammar Zaied 97 on at

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When you accidentally set a field as a 'choice' in Dataverse, it stores the value as an object with both a label (text) and an underlying integer value. Because of this, when you compare a 'choice' field directly with an integer or string, the comparison will fail.

To compare the underlying value of a 'choice' field, you need to extract the value property of the choice field before comparing it with an integer.

try this:

Set(myBoolean, SelectedRecord.Section.Value = 1)

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