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SharePoint List Person Field Isn't Populating on Form Submission

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I have an app where employees can submit information to a SharePoint list. The app includes many people fields (for the project lead, project reviewer, etc.) that are connected directly to the SharePoint list (I'm not using Office 365 user connection). The app is embedded on a SharePoint page where everyone can access it.

I have the app set up so that the fields will auto-populate based on the project code. When a user goes to input information, all of the fields (including the person fields) are populating into the form as normal; however, when they submit the form, the person fields are not populating in the SharePoint list. All other fields seem to be submitting just fine.

I have tried refreshing the data connection and re-embedding the app into SharePoint. What else can I do to troubleshoot/fix it?

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Hi @fhamm ,

Please check the data card's Update property.

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The update property currently looks like this:

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I don't understand why it works, but I got it to work. I changed the Update property to:
I used the Update property information from the solution to this topic and then changed the DataCardValue.Selected.Result to DataCardValue.Selected.DisplayName just to try to see if it worked.

I did get a "Network error when using patch function" for my submit button, but I deleted the submit button and remade it and I haven't gotten that error again (yet). If anyone has an idea about why this workaround worked or why I may have temporarily gotten that network error, I'd appreciate the information!

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This update property code worked in two of my person fields but not in the other two. I'm using the exact same information (changing out the datacard number), but half of the fields aren't writing back appropriately. Is this a glitch? Is there a better way to do it?

I'm using the Form control rather than making each control from scratch. It's pulling directly from a SharePoint list and the fields are Person/Group fields that only allow one selection.

Here's an example of the default and update properties:

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