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Issue creating search on Power Apps for Teams

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Hi all,

I'm new to powerapps and have come across a strange issue when trying to create a search bar to search in a Gallery connected to Dataverse.

 

On videos I've seen people use a 'Text Input' to create a search bar but in my environment I only have 'Text Box' field to add which doesn't accept any of my search parameters as it can only go under 'Value'

From what I've seen the 'Text Input' has certain controls not available to the 'Text Box' and when referencing TextBox1.Text it doesn't recognise the .text section.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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  • timl Profile Picture
    37,287 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

    Hi @DWIT12 

    You should be able to reference the TextBox1.Value property to retrieve the value in the text box. For example, suppose you have a Dataverse table called Employees and you want to return  records where the Surname matches the value in the text box, the Items property of the Gallery would look like this:

    Search(Employees, TextBox1.Value, Surname)
  • DWIT12 Profile Picture
    4 on at

    Hi @timl Thanks for getting back to me.

    I've put this in and it seems to still be erroring

     

    DWIT12_0-1716466411525.png

    In this example the Dataverse table is called 'Returns' and it has a column called 'Leaver Name'

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    timl Profile Picture
    37,287 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

    Hi @DWIT12 

    It looks like you're applying the formula to the Value property of the Textbox. 

    The correct place to add it is to the Items property of the Gallery control. Can you try that to see if it helps?

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