Choice column - add value manually

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Hi all, I have an integrated app with SharePoint list.

I added a new choice column with the feature "can add values manually" from SharePoint to the list and added it in the app but when I tested it in the app I can only choose and not able to enter manually when I enter value manually it is not being saved.

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WarrenBelz 153,026 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi @lidor_dayan ,

You need to do this in Power Apps - if you are using a Combo Box (I will call it cbChoices below for example), the Update of the Data Card would be

{ Value: Coalesce( cbChoices.SearchText, cbChoices.Selected.Value ) }

Ensure Allow Searching is turned on and this uses anything typed in without a selection being made to be used to update the field.

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lidor_dayan 192 on at

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Hi @WarrenBelz
I didn't understand what to put instead of "cbChoices" - the data card of the combo box "DataCardValue15"?
thank you for your help!

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@lidor_dayan ,

Yes - the name of the Combo Box

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lidor_dayan 192 on at

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Hi @WarrenBelz, I can't leave it blank after I'm putting any value.
I'm trying to erase the value I wrote and click save but it is not delete the value.

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@lidor_dayan ,

Turn on Formula Level Error Management in your Advanced settings.

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lidor_dayan 192 on at

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@WarrenBelz,
It was on.

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@lidor_dayan ,

Are you saying you clear the contents of the Combo Box, save the record and the value in the data source does not update to blank ? If so, what is the Update of the Data Card and how to you save the record ?

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lidor_dayan 192 on at

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Hi @WarrenBelz,
the Update of the Data Card is:
{Value:Coalesce(DataCardValue15.SearchText,DataCardValue15.Selected.Value)}

I didn't understood the second question

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@lidor_dayan ,

OK I have eliminated all the things I thought may be wrong - if the Update is (as you posted)

{ Value: Coalesce( DataCardValue15.SearchText, DataCardValue15.Selected.Value ) }

and you have cleared the selected item from the Combo Box and have nothing in the Search Text (as well as having Formula Level Error Management turned on) and you are (I assume) using SubmitForm to save the record, then it certainly should clear the field in the data source. I have a feeling however you may have found a bug here - to test, put this in the Update and see if it clears the field

DataCardValue15.Selected

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lidor_dayan 192 on at

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It is clear the field but need to change the Update again for adding new manually value.

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