Update a SharepointList Item or create new

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Hello guys,

I try to store Items in sharepoint list, or update them. (See picture)

Now I have the problem, with the following code

Patch(
 Abteilungen,
 First(Filter(Abteilungen,Title)),
 {
 'Anzahl Mitarbeiter':Value(Abt_Mit.Text)
 }
);

I only update I should update the amount of Employees. (Which isn't working but that's not the point)

But I cant create new items in that list with that code, therefor that code would work

Patch(
 Abteilungen,
 Defaults(Abteilungen),
 {
 Title: Abteilung.Text,
 'Anzahl Mitarbeiter':Value(Abt_Mit.Text)
 }
);

But this doesn't allow updating one of them, just make duplicates.

I thought about some solutions but can't get them into power apps code.

In words would be like:

If (Abteilungen.Text equals one title in the sharepoint list )
 -> {update this entry}
else 
 -> {create new}

But how can i get this working.

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Hi @Anonymous ,

Assuming Title is the unique identifier here

With( { wID: LookUp( Abteilungen, Title = Abteilung.Text ).ID }, Patch( Abteilungen, If( IsBlank(wID), Defaults(Abteilungen), {ID:wID} ), { Title: Abteilung.Text, 'Anzahl Mitarbeiter':Value(Abt_Mit.Text) } ) )

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Nearly perfect but in the
{ID:wID}
Power Apps tell me the following error
Invalid argument type(Record). Expecting a Boolean value instead.

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@Anonymous ,

ID is numeric - not sure on the Boolean reference, but you could try

With( { wRecord: LookUp( Abteilungen, Title = Abteilung.Text ) }, Patch( Abteilungen, If( IsBlank(wRecord.ID), Defaults(Abteilungen), {ID:wRecord.ID}, ), { Title: Abteilung.Text, 'Anzahl Mitarbeiter':Value(Abt_Mit.Text) } ) )

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No, there also pops up the "name isn't valid error"

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@Anonymous ,

That relates to the values you posted - what name does the error relate to?

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Maybe I should tell you more:

Textfeld 1: Abteilungen
Textfeld 2: Abt_Mit

The Sharepoint List looks like this:

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@Anonymous ,

You have wID at the top and wRecord.ID at the bottom.

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You're right. I'm sorry. My bad.
Ichanged that but this ends in the same error with expecting boolean

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@Anonymous ,

Your brackets are in the wrong place in the Patch.

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@WarrenBelz

After some updates it didn't work for me, but I found a solution:

With( { wRecord: LookUp( Abteilungen, Title = Abteilung.Text ) }, If( IsBlank(wRecord), Patch( Abteilungen, Defaults(Abteilungen), { Title: Abteilung.Text, 'Anzahl Mitarbeiter': Value(Abt_Mit.Text) } ), Patch( Abteilungen, First( Filter( Abteilungen, Title = Abteilung.Text ) ), { Title: Abteilung.Text, 'Anzahl Mitarbeiter': Value(Abt_Mit.Text) } ) ) )

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