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Posted on by Instukem_B

Hey Everyone,

I'm getting stumped on this one and would appriciate your help... I am trying to have a form view display data using a key in another form view.

Basically I have a sharepoint gallery app that is to record lines for delivery scans. When a driver goes to look at the scan history I would like for him to see the details of the order pulled from NAV.

When I set the second form viewer to "First(Sales_Shipment_Compare)" I do get the first result as expected. However, I would like to display the information related to the actual packing slip in question. Below I have a screenshot of the two fields that I would like to link.

The top one is the source from the gallery control, the second is what I would like to populate based on the first. Thanks for your help in advance!

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TimRohr 669 on at

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This is fairly straightforward, but to be specific, you're goint to have to provide more data on your setup.

In general, if you are trying to populate a single datapoint (like a text input or label) from a datasource based on the information in another item on your screen, you will want either:
LookUp(yourSource, [your condition statement]).yourField
--or--
First(Filter(yourSource, [your condition statement])).yourField

If you are trying populate a list (or gallery) of items based on the information in another item on your screen, you will want:
Filter(yourSource, [your condition statement])

In any of those instances, it is the [your condition statement] where you would create the linkage between the two fields. For instance:
yourNAVPackingSlipNumber = yourSCANPackingSlipNumber

I apologize if that is all already known to you and you're actually looking for help on a different part, but you left so much unsaid about your setup that I figured I'd better start at the beginning.

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And, I should add if you are looking to populate a form, use:

First(Filter(yourSource, [your condition statement]))
...in the Item property.

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Instukem_B 12 on at

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Thanks for getting back to me, I appriciate the clarification on the basics for sure.

It's some of the syntax of the condition statement I don't think I'm getting, but to clarify...

Right now I have:
First(Filter(Sales_Shipment_Compare, No = 'Packing Slip Number_DataCard1'.DataField))

Sales shipment compare is the name of the NAV datasource.

This doesn't spit back any errors, however it isn't pulling up any data in the form.

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OK, from what you just shared, your "No" is a field in your "Sales_Shipment_Compare" datasource, and you need to match it to the Scan number you mentioned. In that case, you don't want:
'Packing Slip Number_DataCard1'.DataField

...that will just get you the column name of the field from that datasource. You want to reference the actual control name that houses the information.

For instance, if I have an employee form with a "Phone" datacard, and then outside the form I add a text input and set the default value to be:
Phone_DataCard1.DataField
...I will get cr6c6_EmployeePhone... NOT the phone number I was looking for.

I need to instead reference the actual control housing the information:
DataCardValue24
...which gives me the phone number.

Add a text input to your screen and set its Default property to be 'Packing Slip Number_DataCard1'.DataField and you will see what I mean.

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Instukem_B 12 on at

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Makes Sense, don't know why I thought I couldnt do that.

Now I have:
First(Filter(Sales_Shipment_Compare, No = DataCardValue1))

But it's returning invalid argument type.

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Add ".Text" to your DataCardValue1...

First(Filter(Sales_Shipment_Compare, No = DataCardValue1.Text))

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Instukem_B 12 on at

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That was it! Thanks a bunch!

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