Check if the login user email is inside a SharePoint People/Group column which allow multiple selection

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We have a list named Task, with these fields:-

- Title

- PeopleWork

Where the PeopleWork field is of type People/Group which allow multiple selection, as follow:-

Now inside our Canvas app >> i added a gallery >> and i want the gallery to only show the items where the login user is defined inside the PeopleWork field, as follow:-

the formula worked since i only have few items, but as shown in the picture it is raising a delegation warning. so is there a way to fix this formula to remove the delegation warning ? i am open to any option even changing the SharePoint Fields' types or even redesign the whole list.

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Drrickryp Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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@johnjohn123

The "in" operator is not delegatable in PowerApps. Create a contacts table for users and include email as one of the fields. It can have a one to many relationship to the tasks table.

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Ashwin7104 671 on at

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Hi @johnjohn123 ,

Did you try the below link ?

https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Building-Power-Apps/How-to-check-if-user-exists-on-SharePoint-list-item-which-type/td-p/85213

Thanks.

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johnjohn123 3,506 on at

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@Drrickryp so how i need t store the relation between the new list and the Task list? using a text field on the new list which store the task id for example?

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johnjohn123 3,506 on at

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@Ashwin7104 thanks , but the link you posted will use this formual:-

Finally "Filter('Support List',User_Email in Reviewer.Email)" works for me.

which is not delegable and we will face the same issue

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Drrickryp Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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@johnjohn123

Yes, exactly so but it would be a number type in the employee table not text. If the relationship is many to many, ie employees can be assigned to many tasks, then a junction table will be necessary. Such a table would consist of the IDs from the task table and the employee table. How you design it depends on whether you will want to see a list of tasks by employee in addition to a list of employees by task.

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johnjohn123 3,506 on at

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@Drrickryp Ok now i did this modifications to the SharePoint lists, now i have 2 lists instead of one:-

1) Task list .. with only the Title + ID

2) PeopleWork list with ID + TaskID + a single selection people/group field named People

So now i tried to create a demo gallery which should only show the Tasks where the user is assigned to. so on the Screen OnVisible i build this collection to get the PeopleWork items which have the login user email:-

ClearCollect(relatedtasks,Filter(PeopleWork,People.Email=User().Email))

then on the Items property of the gallery i define this formula:-

but i also got a delegation warning... so i am again into the same problem? am i doing things correctly?

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Drrickryp Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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@johnjohn123

Use "=" instead of "in". The latter is not delegatable. For more information regarding keys, relationships and how to implement them in PowerApps, see my blog post here https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Apps-Community-Blog/Relational-Database-Principles-and-PowerApps-Step-3-Keys-and/ba-p/188640 as well as the one following it. https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/PowerApps-Community-Blog/Relational-Database-Design-fundamentals-Implementing-a-One-to/ba-p/200521

Finally, my suggestion is to never use People, Lookup and Choice type columns in SharePoint, just single line of text, Numbers and date/time type columns, see #1 in https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Apps-Community-Blog/The-Ten-Commandments-of-SharePoint-in-PowerApps/ba-p/848842?search-action-id=151860118609&search-result-uid=848842

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johnjohn123 3,506 on at

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@Drrickryp but storing the user email as a single line of text, will cause issue , if the user email is updated later on inside AD.. now since i am using people/group which does not allow multiple selection,, so i can not see any issue inside power apps am i correct?

Second point; if i use = instead of in i will get an error "incompatible type..", as follow:-

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johnjohn123 3,506 on at

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@Drrickryp are you able to advice on my latest email ? thanks

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Drrickryp Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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@johnjohn123

With regard to the incompatible error, you need to use Lookup not Filter.

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