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Managing Duplicate Records and Adding New Descriptions in SharePoint List

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Hello everyone! I am developing a Nomination App using Power Apps with SharePoint as the underlying database. In this app, whenever a person is nominated, their ID and description are saved and stored in SharePoint. If another person nominates the same individual again, it is important to avoid creating a duplicate record for that person. Instead, I would like to enable the addition of a new description to the existing record in SharePoint. How can I accomplish this?

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    Hi @esilvac ,

     

    Please try this:

     

    Patch('SPList',lookup('SPList',ID = ThisItems.ID),{CloumnName:Value})

     

     

    Hope this will help you.

    Best Regards,
    Tina

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