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I have a Canvas App that has an Input form that then saves the data to various SharePoint lists.  I want to provide a means for the users to later open the form and read in the data from the SharePoint lists to make necessary edits.  I do this by passing a parameter in the URL which specifies the RequestID value that is a column in each list.  My question is:  Is it best to create two forms, New Form and another Edit Form?  I tried using a single form, but then things are getting really crazy.  For instance, I have a gallery, which is tied to a collection.  When inputting new data, it works fine, but then when I pass the parameter to the form it's not populating the collection correctly from SharePoint and then the data isn't being displayed in the gallery.  If I make some changes to make it work, then it doesn't work when inputting data.  I've spent so much time to try and get it working without any luck.

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    SteveAtTCH Profile Picture
    57 on at

    you can use either method, but perhaps it might be easier to start with two separate pages in your app...

     

    one where the user submits new entries and one where they edit existing...

    the new page works just like how you have it configured now, but on your edit page you could present the user with a listing of all available entries (or allow them to filter, based on whatever criteria makes sense for your situation)

     

    you could show the names or some other distinguishing value for the existing entries in a gallery on the left side of the page and when the user selects an item from the gallery, the edit form on the page (with the exact same fields/layout as the new form page) simply takes the gallery.selected.ID value as its Item property...

     

    the edit form will then display all the values from that selected item and your user can edit the fields and submit the updates back to Sharepoint...

     

    let me know if that approach makes sense of if there is anything i can try to help clarify... 

  • jab3059 Profile Picture
    12 on at

    Thank you.  This is perfect.

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