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Dynamically add items to dropdown when new records are created, then filter the gallery by the dropdown.

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I am developing a "job board" type application for an organization using PowerApps and SharePoint Online.  The structure of the app is as follows:

  • Two SharePoint Lists: One list to collect the application data.  One to collect the job announcements when new ones are created.
  • PowerApps Forms (one for the applicant to apply for a position and one for the administrator to create the job listing)
  • PowerApps Galleries (one to show the applications of the logged in user ("My Applications") and one for administrators to view all the submitted applications ("All Applications")).
  • The Applications Gallery have subtitles that list:  Job Title, Job ID, Job Classification, Employee Name, etc.

What I need the app to do:

I would like to include a dropdown above the Applications Gallery which would contain the job titles for the positions people are applying for AND have the ability to sort the Applications Gallery by the job titles within the dropdown. 

 

Basically, as job announcements are created in the system, I need the app to dynamically add the job titles to the dropdown which, in turn, the same dropdown will sort the gallery by the job title when an administrator selects one.

 

Is this a possibility in PowerApps?  Thanks to all!

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  • narayan225 Profile Picture
    2,547 Moderator on at

    Hi There,

     

    You can set items for the dropdown control to get all the job titles.

    'listname'.'columnname'

    In the jobs gallery, you can add a filter to use the selected value to sort the jobs.

    Filter('listname','columnName' = listcontrolname.SelectedText)

    This condition on the items for the gallery control should filter the list.

     

    Cheers!

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    ShadyCheech Profile Picture
    99 on at

    Hi @narayan225.  Thank you for your assistance.  What you provided gave me a great start on finding the solution.  At first the dropdown took all of the job titles and duplicated them according to how many applications there were for that particular job.  For instance, there were two applications for the "Manager" position, thus the word "Manager" appeared twice in the dropdown.  After discovering this, I tried linking the dropdown items property to the gallery that listed all of the created job announcements by using "BrowseGallery_AllJobs.AllItems".  This populated the drop down correctly.  I then used part of your filter example, but instead of using ".Selected Text", I used "'.ColumnName'" and the dropdown filtered the gallery according to the titles.  

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