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How do I make it so I only do a filter on fields depending on whether or not certain input fields have value?

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Hello everyone. I'm trying to build a search function, and here are the input fields. The only ones that matter in this issue I'm facing now are Seat ID, Audit ID, Location, Build Event and Incomplete Audits Only (boolean).

What I'm trying to do is set up a filter so it only does filters on these input fields that have value. For example, if Seat ID and Audit ID are the only ones with value then I want to do a filter using only them. So if somebody only has Build Event filled out, then I only want to apply a filter on that field and forget the rest. So essentially, filter this entity where build event is equal to what was put into the build event combo box. All the other fields are not filtered on.

This was my attempt. I tried to store my entity in a variable and then filter than variable in sequence depending on which input fields had value.

The issue with this was my lookup fields would not longer work or display in the gallery I'm going to be applying this filter to so I decided I couldn't use a variable.

Does anyone know a way to set this up so I don't have to essentially create a ton of if statements? Thank you very much.

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eka24 20,925 on at

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Have you checked the warning signs on the dropdown. What does the error say..

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Hi @Mgodby ,

Do you want to filter gallery items based on five fields that you listed and if you not enter any data in that field, you will not use that field as filter condition?

Could you tell me:

1)'Seat ID'field data type,'Aduit Number'field data type,'Build Event' field data type,'Audit Status' field data type

2)the Items of two combo boxes: SearchBuildEventComboBox, SearchLocationComboBox

3)the relationship between these two combo boxes, I notice that they both filter based on the same field 'Build Event'

Just based on the formula that you listed, I made a little change, try this:

Filter(AuditHeaderVariable, If(IsBlank(SearchSeatId.Text),true,'Seat ID'=SearchSeatId.Text), If(IsBlank(SearchAuditId.Text),true,'Audit Number'=SearchAuditId.Text), If(IsEmpty(SearchBuildEventComboBox.SelectedItems),true,'Build Event'.Name=SearchBuildEventComboBox.Selected.Name), If(IsEmpty(SearchLocationComboBox.SelectedItems),true,'Build Event'.Name=SearchLocationComboBox.Selected.Name), If(IncompletdAuditsInput.Value,Text('Audit Status')<>"Completed") )

You just need to use If statements to justify whether you enter data, If you not enter any data, you could set the condition as "true".

So just need to use formula like this:

Filter(table, If(IsBlank(...),true,condition1), If(IsBlank(...),true,condition2), ....)

What's more, I think the 'Audit Status' field should be choice type. If so, you should try this:

Filter(AuditHeaderVariable, If(IsBlank(SearchSeatId.Text),true,'Seat ID'=SearchSeatId.Text), If(IsBlank(SearchAuditId.Text),true,'Audit Number'=SearchAuditId.Text), If(IsEmpty(SearchBuildEventComboBox.SelectedItems),true,'Build Event'.Name=SearchBuildEventComboBox.Selected.Name), If(IsEmpty(SearchLocationComboBox.SelectedItems),true,'Build Event'.Name=SearchLocationComboBox.Selected.Name), If(IncompletdAuditsInput.Value,'Audit Status'.Value<>"Completed") )

Best regards,

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