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Cascading Drop Downs Not Working

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I have a sharepoint list that I am trying to build cascading drop downs for. There are three text columns and each should cascade accordingly. I did get the first two working, but now I can't get the last one to work. It will show blank text and change when I select category and shows no text in the dropdown. Please see below.

Area:

Distinct('Electrical Cascade List',Area)

Category:

Distinct(Filter('Electrical Cascade List',Area = AreaDrpDwn.Selected.Value),Category)

Description:

Distinct(Filter('Electrical Cascade List',Category = CatDrpdown_1.Selected.Value),Description)

Please help!

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EMA03356 221 on at

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Re: Cascading Drop Downs Not Working

That worked! Thank you so much!
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SunilPashikanti 731 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at

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Re: Cascading Drop Downs Not Working

Could you try to use ComboBox in place of dropdown to check if it displays the values?
EMA03356 221 on at

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Re: Cascading Drop Downs Not Working

This is what is showing, I did close and open the app with no luck.
SunilPashikanti 731 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at

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Re: Cascading Drop Downs Not Working

@EMA03356

Then it is just mapping issue with the dropdown control. What do you see in the Value property of your dropdown?

If you have "Value" as shown above, sometimes it might be cache issue, requesting you to save and close the application and reopen it again and give it a try. Let's see how it goes.
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Re: Cascading Drop Downs Not Working

It shows the values that I need and just isn't displaying them in the dropdown.
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Re: Cascading Drop Downs Not Working

@EMA03356,
What value do you see in formula bar for the function, for example

you are just near to the solution, you need to properly identify the field name.
EMA03356 221 on at

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Re: Cascading Drop Downs Not Working

No text is showing but it is giving multiple options in the window.
SunilPashikanti 731 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at

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Re: Cascading Drop Downs Not Working

Can you try like this:

Description: Distinct(Filter('Electrical Cascade List', Area = AreaDrpDwn.Selected.Value && Category = CatDrpdown_1.Selected.Value), Description)

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