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I have canvas app that collects data for a sharepoint list. To implement offline-caching I have created a colelction that stores the data from the form and uploads it later.

Collect(
ItemCache,
{
Title: DataCardValue9.Text,
OperatingHours: (Value(DataCardValue10.Text)),
NextInspection: InspectionDate.SelectedDate,
Servicerequired: DataCardValue12.Value,
Reason_x0020_for_x0020_service: ListBox1.SelectedItems,
Comments: DataCardValue14.Text

}
)

The text in red is causing issues (it seems) in the save:

Collect('mySharepointList',ItemCache)

If I don't use the "Value" I get a "incompatible type" error, if I use the "Value" I get an error "The specified couloumn "Value" does not exist"...

Any help would be appreciated.

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mdevaney 29,993 Moderator on at

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Hi there! Your post mentioned some text highlighted in red. However, I do not see any highlight text. Could you please reply to this message and share the problematic code line?

Thanks 😄
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Sorry for B/W version, I fixed the original post to display the red line. 🙂
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I am reviewing your code and do not see any errors. I'd like to ask a few questions.

What is the full "incompatible error"? It usually gives an expected type.
When is ItemCache first Collected? Can you share the code?
What value are you inputting into DataCardValue10? Please also take a screenshot of that input control
WB_Sharevision 30 on at

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@mdevaney Sorry for the delay and thx for taking time for my problem.

DataCardValue10 is a textfield, but only expects numbers (Annotation 2019-10-15 073503.png). The full error is in ErrorMsg.png. It actually point to the "Collect" method with an underlined "ItemCache" in the Timer event.

ItemCache is initialized in the OnVisible of the StartScreen:
... ClearCollect(ItemCache,true);LoadData(ItemCache,"ItemCache",true); ...
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Please show your code for the property in Timer2.OnTimerEnd (screenshot). In your picture I can see you have an error due to a Text value being supplied.

Also, I find this code to be peculiar. I am not familar with the technique of initializing a collection with a value of True. Perhaps you can share more on your coding choice here. Perhaps loading ItemCache with a single variable here and many columns elsewhere is confusing PowerApps

ClearCollect(ItemCache,true);

To clear an existing collection I would typically just use this

Clear(ItemCache);
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Somehow is missed the notification of your reply.

In the meantime I worked around the problem by changing the sharepoint coloumn to accept TEXT. Now it works... 😕