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Labels tied to certain dropdown fields are not executing conditional formatting. How do I fix?

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I have a 'summary' container that has several labels that are tied the fields in my form. I have formatting for the fill of these labels that looks like this:

If(IsBlank(CB_Industry.Selected.'Industry Name') && DC_Industry.Required = true, RGBA(253, 222, 207, 1), RGBA(255,255,255,1))

This works fine if I am filling for form out for the first time. The labels are blank and they are filled with the correct color. Once a selection is made in the corresponding combo box then the field's fill changes to white. My issue is when I populate the form with data from a global variable. The form field fill in correctly but the labels don't populate with the same data and the color remains pink (in this case) and do not turn to white. This is the code I am using for the Text property of the labels:

CB_Industry.Selected.'Industry Name'

For DefaultselectedItems for the combo boxes I am using

[Parent.Default]

Any idea what is happening?

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Hi @futr_vision ,
This is probably because the conditional formatting is not being re-evaluated when the form is populated w/ data from the global variable. You can force these labels to re-evaluate their conditions by
Making sure the 'DefaultSelectedItems' property of the combobox is correctly referencing the data:
DefaultSelectedItems: If(IsBlank(Parent.Default), Blank(), [Parent.Default])
Updating the context variable to trigger re-evaluation:
Set(glbCopiedRecord, LookUp(SourceTable, ID = SelectedRecordID)); UpdateContext({varRevalidate: Now()});
Using the context variable in the conditional formatting:
Fill: If( IsBlank(CB_Industry.Selected.'Industry Name') && DC_Industry.Required = true && varRevalidate, RGBA(253, 222, 207, 1), RGBA(255, 255, 255, 1) )
Make sure the context variable is updated when the screen becomes visible or the form is populated:
OnVisible: UpdateContext({varRevalidate: Now()});
And making sure the text property of the labels is correctly referencing the combobox selection:
Text: CB_Industry.Selected.'Industry Name'
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Thanks. Looking over all of the labels with the conditional formatting I do find some that work fine. That is only when the value it is accessing is in the format of ControlName.Selected.Value. If it is in the format ControlName.Selected.ColumnName then it fails.

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Actually, that is not completely true. I do have one label that populates with data but the formatting is broken

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@kelseytran

Set(glbCopiedRecord, LookUp(SourceTable, ID = SelectedRecordID)); UpdateContext({varRevalidate: Now()});

glbCopiedRecord is a new variable? I already have this on the copy button

Set( glbFormData, GAL_Campaigns.Selected );

For ID= SelectedRecordId, what do I use?

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I'm also finding that this code is causing and issue. The varRevalidate. Invalid argument type

Fill: If( IsBlank(CB_Industry.Selected.'Industry Name') && DC_Industry.Required = true && varRevalidate, RGBA(253, 222, 207, 1), RGBA(255, 255, 255, 1) )

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