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Default value in editform not updating

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Posted on by Kambro

Hi all,

I have two galleries of records where in each you have identical edit forms. The first allows some initial changes to a record, then if the records meet some criteria it is then visible in the second gallery to make additional edits.

The first edit form is working as intended, it is updating the underlying SP list, and if you edit the record within that gallery, you can see your fields update.

In the second edit form, if I make edits in the fields and hit submit, I can see the SP list gets updated, but when I open that record in the edit form, the changes in the fields aren't displayed. The previous value for the field is displayed.

I'm a bit confused as both edit forms are set up the same, with the same properties on each field.

Does the default property have to be set differently on the data cards and/or fields?

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BCBuizer 22,854 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

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Hi @Kambro ,

Indeed you may have to make some adjustments to the Default properties of the data cards. Can you please share what you have now?
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Hi @BCBuizer ,

I've got a bunch of fields but a few examples are as below:

Same datacard/fields in both edit forms but named differently. If I update this value in the first edit form, submit and then edit again in the same gallery, the value displayed in the edit form updates. In the second edit form the field displayed does not update after submitting and entering the edit form:

Datacard: DETAILS
Card Default: ThisItem.DETAILS
Field default: ThisItem.DETAILS
Type: text field

Datacard: CLASS
CArd default: ThisItem.CLASS
Field default: {EXPDESC:ThisItem.CLASS}
Type: Combobox

When one of the fields is updated in the second edit form and is pushed into the first gallery, the field reflects the update.

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Hi @Kambro ,

This seems ok, perhaps try changing the CLASS data card Default to just Parent.Default

Can you also share the Item property of the form that does not show the updates?
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Hi @BCBuizer ,

If I change the default property on the CLASS card it throws an error that the control expects a table value but Parent.Default produces a text value. Its a combo box so I assume that's why it doesn't work?

The item property on the form that isn't showing updates is:
TxnsToClassify_1.Selected

The gallery it is connected to is TxnsToClassify.
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I've found the issue - in the gallery the OnSelect property had a ResetForm line in there. When I remove that, the updates in the edit form show.

Could removing this property cause some other problems?
Edited to add: When I make updates in the second edit form and submit, the filtering in the gallery now doesn't update as it was previously. If the record was updated to no longer meet the filter criteria, it stays in the gallery until I navigate to the duplicate gallery and back into the problematic gallery.

I inherited this app from someone else, so didn't realise what this property was doing. Interestingly, this property also exists in the first edit form that does show the field updates, so not sure why the behaviour is different between the two forms?
BCBuizer 22,854 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

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Hi @Kambro ,

Sometimes these things just seem to happen, but glad you got it sorted.

For the issue with the Gallery, I suggest to try and reset it in the EditForm's OnSuccess property.