Button to add Text input into Text field

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Posted on 23 Aug 2023 12:02:36 by AutomationFlows

Hi Everyone,

I am building a ticketing system with sharepoint list and a modified form with powerapps.

I have a text field "comment" where people who resolve the issue will write on it comments about the ticket.

This field will be in read only (I know how to do it). I would like to have another text input with a button "add".

If you click on the add button it will put your name, the date, take the text you wrote and put it in the "comment" field and finally go to the line for the next one who will add another comment.

I hope this is clear enough, I had a drawing of what I am trying to do.

Thank you for your help and your time.

Best Regards,

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madlad 2,637 Moderator on 24 Aug 2023 at 12:19:42

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Re: Button to add Text input into Text field

Before you get to the form, how do you choose which item you want to edit?

Is it a gallery, dropdown, ect? This will change a few things.

If possible, could you perhaps send a screenshot of these? That would be the best for knowing what's going on.

Let me know!
AutomationFlows 26 on 24 Aug 2023 at 05:26:52

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Re: Button to add Text input into Text field

Hello 🙂
Yes exactly this is a form to only edit item in my sharepoint list.
There is no creation because this is coming from a Microsoft Forms with a flow.

Ok so if my input "Comments" is in a datacard this should be this below ?
Set(varComments, DataCardValue10.Selected.comment)
Also the '.comment' does not exist on my site. Is this '.text' or maybe '.value' ?

Thanks for your help.
Best Regards,
madlad 2,637 Moderator on 23 Aug 2023 at 14:27:34

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Re: Button to add Text input into Text field

No worries!

To start, as I understand, you are using an edit form to save the comments to your datasource.

are you using this only to create new records, or to update records, or both?

Let me know if I'm misunderstanding here.

If you are using it to edit, you must have an item that you are editing, which is what I intended with *SelectedItem*, just replace this with the appropriate item selection.

For example, if you're selecting an item to edit from a gallery, you might use

Set(varComments, *Gallery*.Selected.comment)

in the galleries OnSelect property, and using the galleries name.

This pattern could follow for whatever way you're choosing an item to edit. Let me know if you need any more info on this if you're editing existing records.

If you're only using this form for new comments, you can disregard that code - it won't be needed.

Let me know!
AutomationFlows 26 on 23 Aug 2023 at 14:08:03

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Re: Button to add Text input into Text field

Hello,

Does it will save the value in my Comments field when we click on save ?

I have tried to initialize the variable with this below but I am struggling with this.
Set(varComments, *SelectedItem*.comment)

Where am I supposed to type this ? on "OnEdit" ? what do you mean by *SelectedItem*.comment ?

Sorry I am a begginer with this tool.
madlad 2,637 Moderator on 23 Aug 2023 at 12:21:52

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Re: Button to add Text input into Text field

Hi!

I think for this your best bet is to use a variable here. I'm assuming that, since multiple people will be editing it, that the form will be in edit mode most of the time.

When you choose the record to edit, you can do something like:

Set(varComments, *SelectedItem*.comment)

Then, when people have a comment to add, you can do something like:

Set(varComments, varComments & " " & User().FullName & " - " & Now() & ": " & TextInput1.Text)

Finally, set the text of your label to be varComments. This should display the data as you described.

Hope this helps!