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I have created a calendar app where I have leveraged the in built calendar to crate a holiday tracker. I have altered it to suit my needs. by adding a gallery into the calendar which shows which employees will be away on each day. The data comes from a sharepoint list.

I have a form on the right hand side of the calendar to show details of the specific absence. All the data cards marry up fine, apart from the Person field. I have used the formula Choices([@'Calendar List'].Name), and also Choices([@'Calendar List'].Name).DisplayName

Neither have an error pop up, but neither actually show the details of the person.

Any help would be appreciated

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Ami K 15,679 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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@nshaw75 - when you add a DataCard bound to SharePoint People field into an Edit Form control, PowerApps already configures the DataCard and the contents of that DataCard with the correct set up.

This means you have modified the DataCard - why?

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nshaw75 438 on at

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Hi @Amik the original formula, which is the auto generated formula Choices([@'Calendar List'].Name) returns the following in the Name field

I have had this in other apps, so I had copied working formula from another app I have which anotates the "DisplayName"
I also have added another form into the app, from the same sharepoint list which uses the Choices([@'Calendar List'].Name).DisplayName formula and that works fine.

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Ami K 15,679 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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@nshaw75 - I am not knowledgeable of the Calendar App template. What prevents you from simply selecting the DisplayName attribute from the ComboBox field properties?

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nshaw75 438 on at

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I too wasn't very familiar with the app. Not sure what happened but it eventually worked. I have that a lot in Power Apps where it doesn't work then all of a sudden something must fit into place and it's all good. The app has gone a bit wierd this afternoon for me so I will need to revisit it 😞

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Ami K 15,679 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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@nshaw75 - ok feel free to @ me if you have any other questions.

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nshaw75 438 on at

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Thanks will do 😊

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