Default value for Dropdown

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I have a landing page that has 3 Icons

Good, Bad, Excellent

I have set up a variable name "ReviewVar"

When A user clicks on one of the Icon, I update the Variable with the specific text and navigate to a second screen with a Form.

I will like a Dropdown box on the Form to be assigned the Value in the Variable. How do I do this?

So essentially I want DropdownBoxA=reviewVar.

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Pstork1 68,707 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Setting the Default property of the Dropdown on the second screen to ReviewVar will do what you want as long as the user hasn't made a selection in the Dropdown. If a user has made a selection then Reset(dropdownname) will reset it to pick up the default value.

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I am getting an error.
The Dropdown is a type Choice. Does that affect it?

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Hi @Canadiansal ,

If it is a Choice column then you will need to set the DefaultSelectItems of the Combo box or Default of the Dropdown to:
LookUp(Choices(DataTable.ChoiceColumn),Value = ReviewVar)

Hope this helps.

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Community Support Team _ Jeffer Ni
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Hi @Canadiansal ，

Have you resolved the issue?
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Community Support Team _ Jeffer Ni

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I am getting this Far
LookUp(Choices(Datasource,ThisItem.Category,Value(

Powerapps automatically inserts the bracket.
When I remove it and type = the variable name, I get an "unexpected characters" error.

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Hi @Canadiansal ,

The syntax of Choices function should be:
Choices(DataTable.ChoiceColumn)

Note that it is a DOT instead of COMMA.

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Hi @Canadiansal ,

Please try below:
LookUp(Choices(Datasource.Category),Value = ReviewVar)

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Community Support Team _ Jeffer Ni
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