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Hey everyone,
I have a gallery with 7 fields in it. I want to be able to filter it by the 7 fields. One of the fields is a dropdown, and the others are all text inputs. I will be adding an 8th field soon(it will be a checkbox).

Also, I want it to be that when the fields are blank, it still filters the gallery but by a wildcard. That wildcard will mean "anything". My first thought was using an If statement.

Ex: If('Input-TypeOfChange.Text' in Title, StartsWith(Title, 'Input-TypeOfChange.Text') . . . The ellipses at the end is because I didn't finish it. (I know this formula is all wrong, but just bear with me)

My question: How can I create a way to filter my gallery in the easiest, and most simplest, way possible.

Thanks guys.

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RandyHayes 76,299 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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@FranzCarson3

Keep it simple and avoid the If statements!

Just build your filter around the conditions you want. Don't worry about the concept of a "Wildcard" if the search is blank.

If you have a textinput for search for, let's say the Title column, then this formula:

Filter(yourDataSource, StartsWith(Title, txtInputSearch.Text))

will result in all rows if the text is blank and if not, then only rows that start with the value in the search.

I hope this is helpful for you and what you were meaning.

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Here's a example where I have a bank of 11 possible filters in which the user can use none or all 11. Here's a excerpt from the filter for the gallery. (The full logic repeats portions of this set of criteria depending on some other variables - this is one complete set of criteria).

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Hi @FranzCarson3

Like @RandyHayes says but to make sure that your dropdown includes a blank value please see https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Building-Power-Apps/Need-Dropdown-with-blank-null-default/td-p/58172 for a discussion as to how to make a dropdown control show a blank value by default.

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RandyHayes 76,299 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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@Drrickryp or if you want to avoid putting blank and default "All" items in your data source, then watch this video on how to do it dynamically.

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FranzCarson3 71 on at

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Hey,
I tried this and it worked. But now my question is how do I add multiple fields to it?
And I forgot to mention that 3 of my fields are date pickers.
Thanks

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RandyHayes 76,299 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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Can you describe what you tried? You have three different responses to your post. Mine, @Drrickryp 's or @LRVinNC 's ?

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RandyHayes 76,299 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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Oh, and if it was mine that you were referring to, then you can utilize the following:

Filter(yourDataSource,

StartsWith(Title, txtInputSearch.Text) ||

StartsWith(anotherColumn, txtInputSearch.Text) ||

...etc...

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FranzCarson3 71 on at

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@RandyHayes
I tried this out, and it doesn't seem to filter the gallery at all.
Filter(
'Invoice Activities - No Opportunities',
StartsWith(
Title,
'Imput-TypeOfChangeFilterImput'.Text
) || StartsWith(
'Customer Name',
'Imput-CustomerNameFilterImput'.Text
) || 'Drop-SignedAgreementFilterDropdown'.Selected.Value = 'Signed Agreement'.Value || 'Date-DateRequestedFilterDatePicker'.SelectedDate = 'Date Requested' || 'Date-ReadyToInvoiceFilterDatePicker'.SelectedDate = 'Ready To Invoice' || 'Date-Invoice/ReturnDateFilterDatePicker'.SelectedDate = 'Invoice/Return Date' || StartsWith(
Notes,
'Imput-NotesFilterImput'.Text
)
)

I have this. I just want to make sure that this is what you meant.

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RandyHayes 76,299 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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Yes, you are on the right track. I would suspect you are having problems from the Dates. So, change your formula to the following and see if it returns results as expected:

Filter( 'Invoice Activities - No Opportunities', StartsWith(Title, 'Imput-TypeOfChangeFilterImput'.Text) || StartsWith('Customer Name', 'Imput-CustomerNameFilterImput'.Text) || StartsWith(Notes,'Imput-NotesFilterImput'.Text ) )

Then we can expand from there.

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FranzCarson3 71 on at

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@RandyHayes,
I have it changed, and it worked the first time I did it, but it just stopped working. Here's what my app looks like:

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