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SendEmailV2 using combo box for recipient

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We are building an app and would like to utilize a combo box value as the recipient email address. We have it setup so that the combo box defaults to the current user. When trying to send an email it says that the value is blank. If I clear the combo box and manually select a user then it works.

This is the formula that is being used:

Office365Outlook.SendEmailV2(cboRE_INIT_NAM.Selected.Mail,

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ANB 7,252 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi @alecnelson01 ,

Did you used the default property or DefaultSelectedItems property?

For Combo box please use DefaultSelectedItems.

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This is what is in the defaultselecteditems property:

If(Text(frmShipReq.Mode)="1",{
DisplayName:User().FullName,
Claims:"i:0#.f|membership|" & Lower(User().Email),
Department:"",
Email:User().Email,
JobTitle:"",
Picture:""
},
Parent.Default)

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Hi @alecnelson01 , What is the Item property of this comb box?

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Office365Users.SearchUserV2({searchTerm:Self.SearchText}).value

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Hello @alecnelson01

I'm not sure how the combo box is set but what a more straightforward solution to send it to the Current User when no one is selected in the ComboBox:

Office365Outlook.SendEmailV2(If(IsBlank(cboRE_INIT_NAM.Selected.Email),User().Email,cboRE_INIT_NAM.Selected.Email),

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ANB 7,252 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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@alecnelson01 : Can you try below code on defaultselecteditems property

Office365Users.SearchUser({searchTerm:User().Email})

And on item property

Office365Users.SearchUser({searchTerm:Self.SearchText})

And in the Layout, The Primary Text should be DisplayName

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When I put that in it doesn't auto populate the email address of the current user

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ANB 7,252 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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@alecnelson01 : I just repro and it is working for me. Can you try this:
Or close and reopen the app.

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Okay now that worked and I changed it to show the email address. Is there a way to lock it so that after submitting the form it can't be changed? For example we are going to send this form to a different department and when they go into the form we don't want the email address to change. I should have mentioned also that this is using Sharepoint as the datasource so maybe I need to create a column for the email address to save that data.

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ANB 7,252 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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@alecnelson01 Didnt got you. You are using User().Email, so whoever logs in that person email will be taken. I am not sure on the context of form. But even if form is submitted, then the default property of combo box will still have the current user email address.

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