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Wrong choices in the tables of Student and Book Copies

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I am reaching out regarding the current interface for the "Build a Canvas App for a school library" module in our Power Apps project. Upon reviewing the application, I noticed that the dropdown selections for "Student" and "Book Copy" are generic (e.g., "Item 1, Item 2, etc.") rather than displaying the actual names of students and specific book copies.
Here are the details of my setup:
  1. The Student dropdown is connected to the data source Loans Table and uses the formula  InputTextField "Search a student".
  2. The Book Copy dropdown is connected to the data source  Loans Table and uses the formula  InputTextField "Search a book copy".
  3. The data sources contain the correct data (e.g., student names and book details), and I have verified that the connections are properly configured.
Despite this, the dropdowns do not display the intended values. Could you kindly review my approach and advise if there is a specific configuration or additional step required to resolve this issue?
I appreciate your assistance and look forward to your guidance.
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    timl Profile Picture
    36,415 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at
     
    Taking the example of Student, can you select the Student combobox, click Fields > Edit in the properties pane and make sure that the Full Name field is selected as the primary text?
     
    If not, that would be one reason why it's showing generic values.   
     
  • Cj_Maminta Profile Picture
    4 on at
    Thank you for this 
  • timl Profile Picture
    36,415 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at
    You're welcome @Cj_Maminta, I'm glad that solved the problem.

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