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Power Apps in Teams - Combo Box Issue with Distinct Function

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Posted on by LivelyPace

Trying to insert a Combo Box in Power App (Teams Environment).  The data column I'm using has two distinct values, but 50 records.  In the Text Property I have tried:

 

Text

Distinct(Source, Expression)

 

I get an Error, "Text Value Expected".

 

Any thoughts?

 

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  • WarrenBelz Profile Picture
    WarrenBelz 156,409 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Hi @LivelyPace ,

    Firstly I assume Source is your List and Expression is the name of the field you are trying to find distinct values on. If so, what type of field is Expression?

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    Pstork1 69,653 Most Valuable Professional on at

    First, a ComboBox doesn't have a Text Property.  It has an Items property where you put the list of potential items in the ComboBox.  That's normally where you would find Distinct() being used.  It also has a Default and DefaultSelectedItems property.  Default would normally use a Lookup() to find the one item you want preselected inthe ComboBox.  And Filter() would normally be what you would use if you want to specify multiple selections.  I suspect you are doing Default and the error means you are giving it a Table of values when it wants a single text string.

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