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Is it possible to use the same Power App form to update an entry after the initial form has been submitted?

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I'm new to Power Apps and am trying to figure out if I can use a single Power App form for both initial intake of information that feeds to a SharePoint list and then also update that entry with the same Power App. Maybe using Power Automate?

 

This is an incident reporting system. The SharePoint list has fields that are initiated by and completed by an employee, then their supervisor goes into the list item and updates a couple more fields, then our Risk Manager goes in and updates their fields. Sharepoint is clunky and certainly not aesthetically pleasing, so I would love to use a Power App form to handle each of these entry points and updates to the data.

 

We already use Power Automate to send out notification emails to supervisors and the Risk Manager when new entries come in, but the links to the entry take them to SharePoint.  To make this work I would need to get a unique identifier when an entry is submitted that could be used to link back to the Power App to edit the form.

 

Any ideas on how I could accomplish this? For now, I just have the initial submission of data in the Power App form and the supervisors and Risk Manager just need to open the item and edit their fields in SharePoint.

Thank you!

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  • turnerj3 Profile Picture
    2,039 on at

    Yes, you can change the form mode to edit instead of new. You would still have to get a unique identifier or have a gallery showing the records so that you could choose one to show in the Edit Mode of the form.

  • HectorOlivos Profile Picture
    411 on at

    Yes, it is definitely possible to use the same Power App form for both the initial intake of information and updating an entry in a SharePoint list.  Still you need the unique identifier (e.g., ID or GUID) of the newly created item.

     

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/power-fx/reference/function-form

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