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Hello,

I need your help. I am using PowerApps which fills Excel. I generated PowerApp app automatically from Excel and then I personalised some fields.

I have several dropdown lists, all of them work fine ( I fill it using app, it updates information in Excel, I can also modify it, and it will update the new information again). I'm using the function If(EditForm1.Mode = FormMode.New ;0 ; Parent.Default) to conserve Default value before modifying it. My problem is that this function for default value does not always work. My dropdown list contains Numbers as Items (not text), If I select the whole number like 1 , 2 , 3, In the EditScreen it works fine, but if I choose the decimal number, it will update in Excel but It won't be saved as a default value.

Hope to hear from you soon,

Thank you and have a great day.

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eka24 20,925 on at

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A little clarification. You saying when you pick the decimal, it shows correctly on your form. But when you save, the decimal portion doesn't appear in Excel.

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Laurent2 17 on at

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Thank you for your response, When I pick the decimal, it shows correctly on my form and in Excel too. But when I want to modify it in the app, if my selected value is a whole number, my default value will be the whole number which I entered previously; but if my previously Selected value is a decimal number, then in the Mode Modify, my default value is lost (it will show the default value of the FormMode. New while I want it to show the default value of the EditForm. Mode). Ex: I entered 2, I Submitted form, I decided to modify it, in the EditScreen 2 ; will be displayed and I can modify it. I entered 2.25, I Submitted form, I decided to modify it, in the EditScreen 0; will be displayed (instead of 2.25) and I can modify it. I have no problem with Excel, If I cancel my Modification, In Excel 2.25 will be displayed as expected.

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eka24 20,925 on at

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Try this on the format property of the textbox:
Text(Value(Parent.Default), "#.00")
Its most likely a formatting issues. Kindly look at this document, go to the number formatting section :
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/maker/canvas-apps/functions/function-text

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Laurent2 17 on at

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Thank you again, I just deleted all my SharePoint data connections, and then added them again, I don't know why but It worked, It was probably the formatting issue as you mentioned.
Have a nice day!

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You can close it by making as a solution so other users can find it.

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Faizi 12 on at

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Dear friends,

I need your help. I am using PowerApps which fills my Excel. I generated PowerApp app automatically from Excel and then I personalised some fields.
I have several text input fields, all of them work fine ( I fill it using app, it updates information in Excel. The only thing is that my Power Apps few text input fields which are number format also in excel, the figures are showing e.g. 43534, or 530000. I want them to be shown in Powerapps with correct decimal places e.g. 530,000.00 or 43,534.00.

Hope to hear from you soon,
Thank you,
Faizi

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