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How to search in a property table in a collection

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Posted on by 364

Hi all, 

 

I "inherited" an app from a former coworker, and need some help in adding a search function. The app is a collection of all apps that the end users has access to, and we pin this in teams so that everyone across the organization has easy and quick access to whatever apps they need. My issue is that the "displayName" for each app (I.E: the name of the app) is stored in a table within a column titled "properties" in the collection. I don't know if it is possible to search this, but I've had no luck so far. The app currently will let a user search apps by "id" or "name", but both are long strings of numbers that the users will never know. I'll include code and images below: 

 

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The search works, but you can't type the name of any apps and get results. you have to type what is in the "name" category. I know my formula is referencing "name" but I don't know how to make it reference anything outside of these few columns.

 

If anyone knows how I could search this, or an easier way to do this, I would greatly appreciate it!

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  • Anousha Profile Picture
    34 on at

    Hey,

    You should be able to filter this by using Filter(AppCollection,properties.displayName = "NameOfTheApp")

    If you want to apply this to a text input search you could use also use Filter(AppCollection,TextInput1.Text in properties.displayName) and when you start typing into your textbox it will filter down as you type.

    Hopefully this helps,

    Thanks

  • Aurora Profile Picture
    364 on at

    I already had the app filtered the way I needed it to be, the problem is still that I can't search because the display names are in that table. Do you know if it's possible to change the names of the apps? 

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    If I could just change the values in the name column, I would be all set.

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