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Hiding a field in Power Pages that I need to be visible in Power App

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I have created a Feedback table which is then incorporated into a Powerpage as a form. I have included a lookup column in the Power App called "related contact" which I want to use to tie the feedback to the Contact manually (using postcode and other data to compare). I cannot find a way to hide this field in the Power Page form though. There surely must be? Any guidance will be very much appreciated.

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Fubar 8,338 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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The answer may depend on how you are intending to use the Lookup on the portal. I suspect what you need is to use a second Dataverse form (so you have 1 for the App and a different one for Power Pages) - this is common practice as it is more secure than hiding things with JavaScript/JQuery (e.g. copy the existing form, then remove the field in question or mark it as not visible)

If you need to set the lookup to the currently logged in portal user, then on the basic form you can associate the contact either on the Power Pages Form definition or using a Metadata record for that form both these options are available in the Power Pages Management App (the first under Additional Settings on the form definition, and metadata as a related record to the form).

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Michael E. Gernaey 53,335 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi @CD-28031715-0

My apologies I am a little confused(too easily lol)

Can you please share pictures to make it super clear what you are saying, as you went from Power Pages, then talking about an App which you hadn't mentioned before and I am not sure how you made a Table a form.

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CD-28031715-0 177 on at

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Many thanks @Fubar and @Michael E. Gernaey for replying. Sorry Michael, I created a form in my model driven app and it's this form that filters through to power pages (not the table as such!). I have a lookup column in the model driven app that I don't want to be visible in the power page, as it's for internal use only to link the feedback to a Contact internally once the feedback has been received.

Fubar, the users will be anonymous users rather than logged in, however they will likely have a Contact record in the model driven app, hence the reason for having a look up column to link them manually once the feedback has been received. I have had a look at the form metadata options, but can't find anything that allows me to hide a column. I believe this can be done using Javascript, but I'm doing my best to avoid that if possible!

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Michael E. Gernaey 53,335 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi @CD-28031715-0

Create a View that doesn't have that column in it and use the View. again since I cannot see anything it would still be better to understand.

Also, to see how you build the PP itself, as its definitely possible to essentially "hide" a column if you will by not adding controls that show it, or by using views to only show that, or to write custom PFX that only uses certain columns.

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Fubar 8,338 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Because you have details for internal processing that you do not want on the portal, use 2 separate Dataverse Forms (one with the fields for internal use the other without) - this is common practice, very rarely would I use the same form for the Model Driven App and the Portal.

Also, if you set a field properties on the dataverse form to hidden (visible no) it will not be present on the portal (and in the model driven app you could set it visible with a Business Rule) - but as mentioned earlier I would do 2 forms.

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Michael E. Gernaey 53,335 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi @CD-28031715-0

Were you able to resolve this? Did any of the suggestions help? If not can you post what you did to help others.

Cheers

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CD-28031715-0 177 on at

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@Michael E. Gernaey I sorted it by using 2 forms as @Fubar suggested. Works a treat and I don't know why I didn't think of it sooner! It's a continuous learning process isn't it?

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DP_Prabh 43 on at

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Hi,

To hide the "related contact" lookup field on the Power Page form (without affecting the Power Apps form), use JavaScript on the Power Page. Inspect the form to find the field’s HTML ID (e.g., relatedcontact_d) and add JavaScript to hide it using style.display = "none". This keeps the field on the form (so it can still be used programmatically) but hides it from the user interface.

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