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Posted on by Lefty

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Hi,

I'm struggling with some fucntions, if someone can help please.

1- On my App OnStart I have set Set(VarUser, User());

When I try to use this on my Gallery, Items property it wont find any records:

Filter('ListName', 'Created By'.Email = VarUser.Email)
But if I use the following this filters the items in the gallery:

Filter('ListName', 'Created By'.Email = User().Email)

I'm trying to avoid the delegation warning by setting the user as a variable but not getting any results.

2- I have another screen with a second Gallery and Edit form and I'd like the filtering to be based on 2 values in 2 fields which are SPO Person fields, i.e. User2 and User3 are both people fields and I'd like any items to display in the gallery if the logged in users name is in either of the 2 fields, I've tried the follwing but again the it doesnt work:

Filter('ListName', DataCardValue27_1.Selected.Email || DatacardCardValue28_1.Selected.Email)

Cant get both to work is someone able to assist please?

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kriggo15 526 on at

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For #1 try:
Set(VarUser, User().Email)
Filter (ListName, 'Created By'.Email = VarUser)

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mdevaney 29,991 Moderator on at

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@Lefty

For #2:

I'm a little unclear about what you are trying to do. This code would filter on both emails found in the dropdown.

Filter( 'ListName', CreatedBy.Email = DataCardValue27_1.Selected.Email || CreatedBy.Email = DatacardCardValue28_1.Selected.Email )

Note: you can mark more than 1 solution if both Kriggo and I solved your problem.

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HI

When I use this, I dont get any items displayed in my gallery, removing the variable and setting it back to user().Email brings back the items in the gallery.... cant put my finger on what it doesnt like.

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HI @mdevaney ,
This doesn’t work either:
Filter('ListName', 'Created By'.Email = DataCardValue27_1.Selected.Email)
It accepts the function without any errors, but doesn’t show any records.
What I'm trying to achieve is, if the form has the name of the logged in user in DataCardValue27_1 or DataCardValue28_1 it will only display those items in the gallery.
I have a form, which user1 submits to user2/user3 and I want to lock down only those items where a user is specifically listed in either of the above boxes to only display those items and not display all the items from the SPO list. So I leave the gallery items property set to ‘ListName’ everything any user has submitted will be visible, and I’d like the above filter to work, but can’t.

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timl 36,682 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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For #1...

To diagnose this, I'd add a label and set the Text property to varUser.Email. Does the label show your email address? If not, a common reason for this type of problem is that during design time, we need to click the 'Run OnStart' item to execute our OnStart code.

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HI @timl
Thanks for your response, The label would pick up my email add... but strangely this morning this is now working and VarUser variable is correctly displaying the items, even though the same function wouldn't work yesterday... very strange.
In regards to #2 I can't get it it work but maybe I can avoid using a gallery on that screen anyways so will not spend more time trying to get it to work.

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