Pass selected item from a collection to a field in an entity

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Hi,

I have a dropdown list which is populated from a collection. I would like to pass the selected item from this dropdown list to a field in an entity. Can it be done?

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karimabdelrazek 292 on at

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Re: Pass selected item from a collection to a field in an entity

Hi @eka24 ,
I have an error message in the button command. Please see the attached screenshot. Many thanks!

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Re: Pass selected item from a collection to a field in an entity

Follow these steps:
1. Insert a Dropdown1 and on its Items property put: The name of your table that contains the    dropdown list.

2. In the Default property of the TextBox (Example Textbox1) which will hold the selected item from thr dropdown put: Dropdown1.Selected.Value

3. To send the data in the Textbox1 to the datasource, Project Information, Put the formula OnSelect of the Button:
        Patch( 'Project Information', Defaults('Project Information'),
     {'Project Location': Textbox1.Text } )
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Re: Pass selected item from a collection to a field in an entity

Hi @eka24 . Screenshot attached with what I'm hoping to accomplish as well. Thanks so much for taking the time!

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Re: Pass selected item from a collection to a field in an entity

If the fields are on a Form example Form1, then insert a button on your screen.
On the OnSelect property of the button, put: SubmitForm(Form1)
When you click on the button, whatever you have on the form would be sent to the entity

Give a screen shot if you have issues.
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Re: Pass selected item from a collection to a field in an entity

Hi @eka24 . Thank you for your reply and sorry. I'm still new to this. At what point does the "Dropdown1.Selected.Value" pass the selection to my field called "Location" in my "Organization Information" entity?
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Re: Pass selected item from a collection to a field in an entity

Use:
Dropdown1.Selected.Value

Change Dropdown1 to your actual name
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