Hello Power Apps Community,
I have developed a Power Apps application that connects to more than 20 SharePoint lists in the backend. The app is quite complex, and I am facing a persistent issue specifically with updating a SharePoint Person (People Picker) column to be blank.
Here is what I have tried so far:
- Using the Patch function in Power Apps to update the Person column to blank.
- Building conditions on the Data Card Update property of the form to set the Person column as blank.
- Setting up a Power Automate flow triggered from within the app to update the Person column to blank.
In all these attempts, while I am able to update other fields and records successfully, the Person column refuses to be cleared (set to blank). The update operation completes without errors, but the Person column value remains unchanged.
Interestingly, when I build a new, simpler app (outside of this complex app) connected to the same SharePoint list, all these methods to clear the Person column work perfectly fine.
I have never experienced this issue in any app I have built in the past, so I am quite surprised and puzzled by this unusual behavior in this particular app.
This leads me to believe the issue might be related to the complexity of the app or how the data connections and forms are configured in this larger app.
Has anyone encountered a similar issue or have suggestions on how to reliably clear a SharePoint Person column in a complex Power Apps app environment?
Any help or pointers would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you.
