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Posted on by RH-25092337-0

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Hi - I am new to PowerApps...

I have an app where I would select a value from a dropdown (myDropdown) and would like to use the OnChange Event to set a global variable that is the text representation of the dropdown. So far, I have used:

(1) Set(varName, Self.Selected.Value) - which sets varName: {“Id:707770002,”Value”:”Food - Dinner”}

(2) Set(varName.Self.Selected) - which sets varName: ? (a simple question mark in the column)

(3) Set(varName.Self.SelectedText) - shows an error (SelectedText isn't recognized)

(4) Set(varName.Self.SelectedText.Value) - ditto

NOTE: For clarity's sake, I am using a dropdown as I want to be able to select a single value from the list...not multiples, thus I am not using the combobox.

Lastly, example (1) above actually has the value that I am looking for - except that I only want the "Food - Dinner" portion.

Any further thoughts or ideas are welcomed...

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Hi @RichHarr

To make sure you just have text, you could wrap the first option inside of the text function.

Set(varName, Text(Self.Selected.Value))

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@AARON_C

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