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How can I reference choice variables using Power fx?

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Posted on by benshikari

I have a bot topic that at some point, needs to set a variable based on a choice the user has made in a previous part of the flow.

The problem is, the Choice field is not recognised as a same comparable type as Text, so my formula isn't working. I've had this issue before using Power fx with Power Apps, and I know that there is a way to reference the choice itself, rather than a text value, but there appears to be no "Choices" function built into the PVA side of things. Does anyone know how I reference the Choice correctly?

Here's a sample of the code not working below:

If(Topic.selectedColor = "Blue", true, false)

The error I'm receiving is:

Incompatible types for comparison. These types can't be compared: OptionSetValue(cr559_bot.topic.colorpickerflow.main.question_Ckz917), Text

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HenryJammes Microsoft Employee on at

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Can you try by changing the format of your variable to text?

If(Text(Topic.selectedColor) = "Blue", true, false)

Also, not sure if it helps, but I had explored dynamic options in that post, and I manipulated these in Power Fx too:
Solved: Re: How can I use Dynamic Multi-choices in the PVA... - Power Platform Community (microsoft.com)

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benshikari 10 on at

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Fantastic, thanks @HenryJammes - I'm not sure why I didn't even think about casting as Text but I'm glad it works and you pointed it out! Thanks again.

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