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I have a SharePoint List Form customized in Powerapps. One of my fields is a text field that I've made a dropdown from another list. The data saves, but when the form is opened in Edit, that value is not displaying what was saved. How can I get the saved value to show in Edit.

When I add Parent.Default to the Default value of the dropdown, I get an error saying expected record value.

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RandyHayes 76,297 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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@kmw1130

Is this actually a Dropdown or a Combobox?

If dropdown - How did you add this to your form?

For the Datacard - What is the AllowedValues, Default and Update property formulas?

For the Dropdown, what is the Items property?

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@RandyHayes I was a comboBox and I added it to the DataCard, but also kept the text card. I'm using the comboBox to pull the information from another list. What I ended up doing is creating a new Lookup field in my SharePoint List and I'm using that. I know some suggest not using Lookup fields in PowerApps, but for this case it is working better than adding the combobox and displaying the values in Edit mode.

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Lookup columns are not a problem in PowerApps - they do require more effort to maintain from the app standpoint and tend to get confusing for some, but otherwise, they are fine.

So are you good at this point?

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I figured since my PowerApps was just a Customized List PowerApps and the form is small that it should be ok.

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Okay good. Just reach out again if you run into issues.

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@RandyHayes Thank you, you are always a great help, I appreciate it.

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No problem! Happy to help!

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Hi @kmw1130 ,

Has your problem been resolved?

Is there anything I can help?

If your problem has been solved , you could mark the correct reply as a solution.

Best Regards,

Wearsky

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kmw1130 988 on at

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@v-xiaochen-msft Yes, I fixed it by going a different route. Created a Lookup column in my SP List and used that vs adding a ComboBox in my App and getting the data from the secondary list.

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