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Using SortByColumns and Filter on a table broke my subsequent table.selected references in forms

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Posted on by MatSeppanen

I have a table that users choose their item and then it opens a new screen drilling into the details. This works just fine, but then all of the Forms in lower level Screens no longer accept the table.Selected as the item that it is referencing and instead shows "no data"

SortByColumns(

AddColumns(

Filter (

Table,
txt_SearchList.Text in P1Request_ReportName
, ReportStatus in drop_StatusLookup.SelectedItems
,BP_Impact in drop_BPImpact.SelectedItems
),

"SortValue" , Priority.Value

"SortValue" , SortOrder.Ascending )

Without the Sort added, the filter works just fine and all the Forms function with Table.Selected. As soon as I add the Sort function it stops working. I am rather confused.

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BCBuizer 22,654 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi @MatSeppanen ,

Instead of referencing the Gallery.Selected property, try using it in a LookUp function to replace any references, for instance:

LookUp(Table, ID = Gallery.Selected.ID)

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MatSeppanen 6 on at

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wow... yep that did it thank you!

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BCBuizer 22,654 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi @MatSeppanen ,

Usually it's the AddColumns function in the Items property of the gallery that causes this. Since this function changes the schema of the record, it is no longer recognised when Gallery.Selected is referenced. Using the LookUp function retrieves the record directly from the data source again, which has the original schema.

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