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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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  • Sunil Kumar Pashikanti Profile Picture
    1,077 Moderator on at

    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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  • EMA03356 Profile Picture
    221 on at

    No text is showing but it is giving multiple options in the window. 

     

    EMA03356_0-1719425717567.png

     

  • Sunil Kumar Pashikanti Profile Picture
    1,077 Moderator on at

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

    SunilPashikanti_0-1719454608349.png

    you are just near to the solution, you need to properly identify the field name.

     

     

     

  • EMA03356 Profile Picture
    221 on at

    It shows the values that I need and just isn't displaying them in the dropdown. 

     

    EMA03356_0-1719490828009.png

     

  • Sunil Kumar Pashikanti Profile Picture
    1,077 Moderator on at

    @EMA03356 

     

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

    SunilPashikanti_0-1719492928415.png

    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.

  • EMA03356 Profile Picture
    221 on at

    This is what is showing, I did close and open the app with no luck.

     

    EMA03356_0-1720533389696.png

     

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    Sunil Kumar Pashikanti Profile Picture
    1,077 Moderator on at

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

  • EMA03356 Profile Picture
    221 on at

    That worked! Thank you so much!

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