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I have a DetailForm whose DataSource is a Collection (which in term is collected from a DataSource).

In it, I want to display three fields: Title, Price and Description. However, only the first two show up.

For the Description DataCard, I have set both DataField and DisplayName to "Description", but nothing appears there when running the app. And in the preview screen, rather than displaying a title and a value, it says "Add an item from the Insert tab".

What am I missing?

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v-yamao-msft on at

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Hi Estomagordo,

To reproduce this issue, I create a Collection on my side.

The collection is named as test and it has three fields: Title, Price, Description.

Then I add a DisplayForm control, set its Data source property as test.

However, I get the error saying that my data is locally stored. So seems that it would be better to store the data in online data source.

Please also check this documentation about Edit form and Display form controls in PowerApps:
https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/tutorials/control-form-detail/#key-properties

From this documentation we know that to show data on Form control, we should set both DataSource and Item property. Add a Gallery control and set the Item property of the form to the SelectedItem property of a Gallery control would be a good choice.

Best regards,
Mabel Mao

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Hi,

For my business problem, an online source is not an option. I will have a look at your suggestion at the bottom.

Because so far, I don't understand why two properties show up, and the fourth doesn't.

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Tom_Slosse 1,430 on at

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Hey @Anonymous

If you create a Collection in PowerApps it only exists when the app is running.
When you close the app all data from the Collection is lost. So maybe that is the problem.

Also I would recommend to connect directly to your datasource, it is easier to show values and work with your data within your app, you can still create a Collection afterwards.

Let us know what kind of datasource you're working with.
If it is on premise you will need a data gateway installed and set up.
If something is not clear please let us know.

Hope this helps you a bit further.

Kind regards

Tom

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Like I said, I can't connect directly to the data source. Online requirement is not an option.

I use SaveData() and LoadData() to have this work in an offline setting.

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