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I have a collection of students based on a sharepoint list. I assign them host family based on a dropdown. I patch the drop down details back to the SPlist and then refresh the collection. All good.
However I am having issues with the dropdown selection holding the value selected. I have the dropdown default as the following
If(IsBlank(ThisItem.HostFamily),"-",ThisItem.HostSearchHostTitle)
The first things is that even when the HostFamily column is blank the list still defaults to the first record in the list(which I do understand by default it will)
The second things is that when i select a new item it changes back to the default selection until I select the item again and it holds. If I head to the next record and make a selection then before patching the previous record it also switches back to the default selection. In effect I must select all items twice and patch each item one at a time.
If someone could help me I would appreciate it.
Hi @yashag2255
I spent the day on this yesterday and got a resolve. Yes based on using a variable as you suggested I was able to old all selections on individual records in the gallery by patching to the collection the gallery is reading. On change of the dropdown I patch the collection the HostTitle I select with the variable "SelectedHost". I then patch a boolean field "HostUpdate" to be true
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Set(SelectedHost, Dropdown1.SelectedText);
Patch(ColStudents,StudentBrowseGallery.Selected, {
HostSearchHostTitle: SelectedHost.HostTitle,
HostUpdate:true
})
After all the selections are done I use a for all patch to update the SP list and clear all HostUpdate fields to false.
ForAll(RenameColumns(Filter(ColStudents,HostUpdate=true),"ID","EID"),Patch(Students,LookUp(Students,ID=EID), {
HostSearchHostTitle: HostSearchHostTitle,
HostFamilyID:HostFamilyID
}));
ClearCollect(ColStudents,AddColumns(Filter(Students,GroupID=StudentsGroupDD.Selected.ID),"HostUpdate",false));
Thanks for the clarity
Hi @yashag2255
Thanks for your reply. I was indeed making a patch on change of the dropdown which I have now removed and now I see the dropdowns are holding when selected.
I have made a variable based on the dropdown selection and I was able to use that variable to patch to the SPlist and make the change. Obviously the variable is set for a specific record so I must save each record one by one as the variable will rest when I move to the next record in the gallery.
However what I would like to be able to do is make make the dropdown selection on multiple items and then patch to the list.
I have read your blog which is great and do understand it, just trying to work it round to get my solution.
My gallery Items are taken from a collection "ColStudents"
So my dropdown Items come from a collection "ColHostList" "HostTitle" is the field I am selecting.
So I think I need to create a dynamic collection of students who have had a host change, add to the collection each time I change a records host dropdown, then when I am finished click save to patch this collection to the splist and refresh my gallery to show the new data, clear the dynamic collection.
Does this sounds right?
Hi @StuCundy
If you have directly reference the dropdown items to datasource, in that case whenever you are doing a Patch operation, it is resetting the dropdown. In that case, you can use a variable to store the value and this variable can be used to patch the results.
Dropdown -> OnChange -> Set(SelectedDropdownOption, DropdownName.Selected)
In case you are looking for a bulk update operation, you can follow my blog (specifically step 11): https://www.appliedis.com/how-to-use-galleries-in-powerapps/
Hope this Helps!
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