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How do I change a choice field to a text field in Power Apps table?

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Here is my situation. I have uploaded the data to the table but have changed my mind about a column being data type choice. (food type)

 

If the person doesn't like the (food type) options I made I am a bit stuffed so I am going to make a separate (food type) options table and control what they can input or search for based on this other table I can easily add to or take away from. And make the main table (food type) column text.

 

However I already have all the data in the main table. How do I go about this change?

 

Is there a formula I can do for a calculated column to convert those values to text and delete the old column?

Or

Do I create a new text column then upload the data there using the key column and delete the old column?

 

Are either of those options possible?

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  • Parvez Ghumra Profile Picture
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    @Tardisgx101 I think what you actually want is a Lookup column (to target your Food Type table) on your main table, and delete the Choice column you have created in your main table

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    60 on at

    I ended up seeing there is an edit table in excel option which I was able to use to achieve what I needed.

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