Basic Form Options Field Metadata

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Posted on by TayroniHenrikso

Hello guys!

I am quite new in Power Apps and I am facing an issue that I had look all over the internet and forums but did not found a solution to it.

In my form I have an options field - Common Area Density, as shown below:

I will use this data in an IF conditional in my dataverse table to run some calculations, so, I need to retrieve the metadata of the selected option in this field to be able to make this comparison (given dataverse does not allow me to simple compare a Options Field with a text or value).

I've been trying to retrieve this basic form metadata, but I cannot see the table to when selecting the option in my Basic Form Metadata setup:

The only table that shows is the one below which is not the dataverse table I need.

Does someone has and clue on how to solve this?

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Michael E. Gernaey 53,414 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi

Can you tell me who told you this:

given dataverse does not allow me to simple compare a Options Field with a text or value)

They are wrong in ... every way possible.

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ragavanrajan 7,044 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi There,

Can you check you are in the right environment? If yes, the next step is as follows.

In the Enhanced Data model:

1. If you are using the Enhanced data model, then go to the portal management
2. Under contents> Basic Forms> Related > Basic Form Metadata> Then you can see all your tables.

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You can also compare option values via jquery or Javascript

Reference below from @Oliver blog

https://oliverrodrigues365.com/2022/08/04/power-pages-autocomplete-dropdown/

Hope it helps.
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GWham 58 Moderator on at

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You would have to use jQuery or Javascript to perform the conditional logic based on the option selected.

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Fubar 8,352 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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You need to be more clear on what and where you are using the "IF" - generally we avoid comparing the label/name of items for lookups and choices as both have other keys that are less likely to change over time. Where you have to perform a label to text comparison, understanding where and which technology (e.g. business rule, workflow, plugin, Flow, JavaScript, Power Fx) you are comparing with will help getting a better suggested solution.

The simplest may be to create a text field and then set that field based on the label of the selected item using JavaScript/JQuery on the power pages page.

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