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changed control to allow multiple selection in dropdown and now it doesn't work

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Posted on 24 Mar 2020 19:24:13 by

I'm using a sharepoint list as the data source and changed it to allow multiple selections as well and its still not working. it's giving me an error saying its expecting a record and its giving it a table

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    149,223 Most Valuable Professional on 25 Mar 2020 at 21:05:55
    Re: changed control to allow multiple selection in dropdown and now it doesn't work

    Thanks @Anonymous ,

    I have had issues with combo boxes in the past when in they are multi-select and in fact got the same error as you yesterday when trying to set a Default. I can only relate my experience here, so there may be something I am also missing, however removing the Default does not affect the control's ability to update the record with the selected items. I get around it by displaying label in the card when on View mode and the combo box in Edit or New.

     

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    on 25 Mar 2020 at 16:12:08
    Re: changed control to allow multiple selection in dropdown and now it doesn't work

    I'm sorry but that doesn't make any sense. How would it populate an edit form then? also it works just fine with another multi select field with the same default but changed.

     

    the other field default:

    ThisItem.'Form Type'

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    149,223 Most Valuable Professional on 25 Mar 2020 at 12:45:13
    Re: changed control to allow multiple selection in dropdown and now it doesn't work

    Hi @Anonymous ,

    Just remove the Default - it is not relevant in a combobox when you have multiple selections.

     

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    on 25 Mar 2020 at 12:12:02
    Re: changed control to allow multiple selection in dropdown and now it doesn't work

    the default attribute of the datacard: ThisItem.'Audit Type'

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    149,223 Most Valuable Professional on 24 Mar 2020 at 20:46:51
    Re: changed control to allow multiple selection in dropdown and now it doesn't work

    Hi @Anonymous ,

    What function or formula is getting the error?

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