Collect( patching to collection creating blank item/row after first item added

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Hello,

When I am adding items to a collection, when the first item is added, it also creates a blank row above it in the collection, however when additional items are added, no further blank rows are created.

As you can see from my gallery, there is a blank row at the top - the data source of my gallery is my collection:

This is also visible in my Collection variables:

A button I use to add this data into my collection uses this fx:

Collect(colTopicClaim, {Topic: Topic_dd.Selected.Value, TopicRAGStatus: TopicRAGStatus_dd.Selected.Result, Claim: Claim_TextInput.Text});
UpdateContext({varTopicClaim: false})

It's also worth noting that my collection is created from a previous screen with this fx:

NewForm(DocData_form);ClearCollect(colTopicClaim, {Topic: "", Claim: "", TopicRAGStatus: ""}) ;Navigate(FormScreen,ScreenTransition.Cover)

Ideally, Id like to use this fx on the button that saves data to my collection - this includes 'ThisItem' however when doing so, creates two blank rows in the collection along with the row with data (so 3 rows in total!)

Collect(colTopicClaim, ThisItem, {Topic: Topic_dd.Selected.Value, TopicRAGStatus: TopicRAGStatus_dd.Selected.Result, Claim: Claim_TextInput.Text});
UpdateContext({varTopicClaim: false})

I've also tried using Patch instead of Collect and this causes the same kind of duplication!

Any pointers would be really helpful.

Thanks.

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SpongYe 5,715 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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Hi @sudosaurus

Looks like the ClearCollect is causing the problem change this
NewForm(DocData_form);ClearCollect(colTopicClaim, {Topic: "", Claim: "", TopicRAGStatus: ""}) ;Navigate(FormScreen,ScreenTransition.Cover)
To this:
NewForm(DocData_form);Clear(colTopicClaim);Navigate(FormScreen,ScreenTransition.Cover)

And then the empty row will disappear.

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@SpongYe that won't work as I need to include {Topic: "", Claim: "", TopicRAGStatus: ""} to create the blank columns in my collection.

As I have this small gallery/form that includes these fields - changing the fx to what you suggested, stops these fields from showing in the gallery.
The "Add Topic" button above includes this Fx:
Collect(colTopicClaim, ThisItem, {Topic: Topic_dd.Selected.Value, TopicRAGStatus: TopicRAGStatus_dd.Selected.Result, Claim: Claim_TextInput.Text}); UpdateContext({varTopicClaim: false})

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You need to a check when adding a topic if the colomns are empty and remove the empty row.
Because of this {Topic: "", Claim: "", TopicRAGStatus: ""} collection creates a blank row.

What we can do is change the "Add Topic" button Fx with:
RemoveIf(colTopicClaim, Topic = "" And TopicRAGStatus = "" And Claim="")

Looks like in the code:
RemoveIf(colTopicClaim, Topic = "" And TopicRAGStatus = "" And Claim="") Collect( colTopicClaim, ThisItem, { Topic: Topic_dd.Selected.Value, TopicRAGStatus: TopicRAGStatus_dd.Selected.Result, Claim: Claim_TextInput.Text } ); UpdateContext({varTopicClaim: false})

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@SpongYe - so I noticed that the blank record is created when going to the edit screen:
I added the above change of fx to the "Add Topic" button however the blank record is not removed.

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Can you try the RemoveIf on a simple button see if it works.
Because it should remove the rows that are blank.

------ Only try this if the above doesnt work.
If that doesn't work we need to try using Blank() instead of "".
Than need to make these changes:
NewForm(DocData_form);ClearCollect(colTopicClaim, {Topic:Blank(), Claim:Blank(), TopicRAGStatus:Blank()}) ;Navigate(FormScreen,ScreenTransition.Cover)
And then the removeIf also changes:
RemoveIf(colTopicClaim, Topic=Blank() And TopicRAGStatus=Blank() And Claim=Blank())

Tested it myself:
Created a collection via a button:
Collect(colTopicClaim, {Topic:"",Claim:"",TopicRagStatus:""})
And then I have a RemoveIf button:
RemoveIf(colTopicClaim, Topic="" And Claim="" And TopicRagStatus="")
Its working for me. After adding 3 empty rows:
End result is:

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