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I might be answering my own question here so please let me know if this will work as I don't have other admin users yet. I want to define a variable which has admin user email addresses in it so that I can use the variable to control the visibility of buttons.

At this point, I have a working solution with one email address:

OnStart

Set(varAdmins, {Email: "myname@mycompany.com"})

Button Visibile Property

User().Email = varAdmins.Email

Will the button's visible property still work if I add additional users to the collection e.g.

Set(varAdmins, {Email: "myname@mycompany.com"},{Email: "othername@mycompany.com"})

My syntax might be wrong here.

Or is it as simple as something like this:

Set(varAdmins, "myname@mycompany.com; othername@mycompany.com")

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eka24 20,923 on at

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I will suggest the following:

OnStart

Set(varUser,User().Email)

Button Visibile Property

varUser= "myname@mycompany.com" Or "othername@mycompany.com"

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I am trying to avoid changing the email addresses on every button, especially if my admin users change. Is there no way to maintain them in one place, such as OnStart, and just use varUser = varAdmins on buttons?
What about Set(varUser,User().Email) and Set(varAdmins,' "myname@mycompany.com" Or "othername@mycompany.com" ')?

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eka24 20,923 on at

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In that case:

OnStart

Set(varUser,User().Email); Set(varAdmins,["myname@mycompany.com", "othername@mycompany.com"])

Then:

Button Visibile Property

varUser in varAdmins.Value

Or create a collection:

ClearCollect(

AdminsCol,

{AdminsMail:"othername@mycompany.com"},

{AdminsMail:"myname@mycompany.com"})

Then Visible property:

varUser in AdminsCol.AdminsMail

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This works with my address so I'm sure it will work when I add additional addresses.

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eka24 20,923 on at

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That is correct. It will work when you add more.

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It does not work with my SendPushNotification though.
This works:
recipients: ["myname@mycompany.co.za"],
This does not work:
recipients: [varUser in varAdmins.Value],

I even tried creating a single variable OnStart:
Set(adminUser,varUser in varAdmins.Value)
This works great on button visibility but does not work in SendPushNotification:
recipients: [adminUser],
It also says that the data type is boolean: adminUser = true

Do you know what I am doing wrong?

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JFbsis21 30 on at

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hope the thread is still open as I am having the same /similar issue - in my case I receive a message when trying to login to Admin -saying not a valid account or similar. This is when I click on the Login as Admin button ( I am an admin)using the Help Desk app which I am trying to customize from the Help desk sample app (canvas) in PowerApps

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