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I am at a loss on how to fix the above error. The column 'Author' does not even exist in my Share Point List? What am I missing here?

Here is the formula that is creating the error above.

Patch(TaskCollection, ThisItem, {Location: inputloc.Text, Task: inputtask.Text, Minutes: inputmin.Text, Notes: inputnote.Text}); Collect(TaskCollection, {Location: "", Task: "", Minutes: "", Notes: ""})

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Author is the Created By system column in a SharePoint list. If you created your collection directly from a list that may be where the Author column is coming from.

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Thank you for the quick reply. I am very new to Power Apps. My question is why would that column matter if its not a column I am using in my list? And how do I fix this?

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Given the code you are using it looks like you are patching a collection. If you created the collection by just copying a SharePoint list then it probably exported that column as well and Created By is a system column which means it is required. Is TaskCollection the name of your list or a Collection you are creating from a SharePoint list?

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It’s a collection I am trying to make from my sharepoint list.

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Then make sure you use ShowColumns() to select just the columns you want in the collection when you are creating it from the SharePoint list. Otherwise you will end up with the system columns as well, which are required.

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