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Patch new items to a choice column set of options

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Posted on by JohnMacDougall

I have a choice column in dataverse for Teams. How can I update / add items, from a power app, to the possible set of choices?

Patch('My Choice Column Options', Defaults(), {Value: "Choice 4"})

I'm trying to do something like the above, but I'm just getting red squiggle errors.

Is it not possible to update a set of choice other than manually editing it from the table? For this type of situation is the solution to create a new table and use a lookup column / relationship ?

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ChrisPiasecki 6,422 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi @JohnMacDougall,

The Choice options are part of the metadata (schema), so it's not possible to Patch in a new option without custom development and creating your own connector to start modifying metadata.

The general rule of thumb is, if the set of options are going to be fairly static / don't change often, then a Choice is the way to go. If you need to add/remove items often, the list is large, you need to make options inactive/active, or store additional fields along with the option, then instead creating a new table for these options and adding a lookup to your other tables that need to use this is the better approach. This will allow you to then Patch in new records to that table using Power Apps.

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JohnMacDougall 95 on at

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@ChrisPiasecki thanks for the explanation! I figured this might be the case, but thought I'd ask as I'm new to dataverse.

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