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Hi everyone,

I have a problem with a client request. I need to build an app that allows users to manipulate data — add, edit, and delete records from different tables.

Here’s the setup:

There’s a list of countries.
Each country has its own list of related tables (and new tables or countries will be added over time).

The process works like this:

The user selects a country from a dropdown.
Based on that selection, another dropdown is populated with the tables assigned to that country.
When the user selects a specific table, a gallery should dynamically update — both the number of columns and the displayed records should change depending on the selected table.
The user selects a country from a dropdown.

The issue I’m facing is how to make the gallery fully dynamic, so it adjusts automatically to the selected table’s structure (different columns, fields, etc.).

Has anyone dealt with a similar scenario or knows a good approach to make this flexible and maintainable in Power Apps?

Thanks in advance!

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Hi @CU22100851-0,

The fundamental issue you will encounter is that you cannot have dynamic data sources in Power Apps. Every query you make needs to be validated at the point you write/design it, so power apps knows that any reference to the potential output will be valid. It cannot do this if it does not know explicitly the data source it will deal with in the query.

A better idea would be to have one list for all countries, with the country name as a field - you could then easily query the relevant fields based on a Filter on the Country field.

Theoretically you can make a gallery a bit dynamic by hiding/showing fields base on a chosen criteria, but you cannot (for the reasons above) make the Items of the gallery conditionally based on multiple data sources, particularly if they have different structures.

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thanks for response!

Would it be possible to create custom gallery/editable dynamic table in visual studio as PCF control?

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