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I have an app that captures over 40 images for various sites. These images are displayed as thumbnails in the SharePoint list columns. I captured 20 photos for different columns, but unfortunately, image thumbnails are only displayed in the first three columns. The rest of the columns are not displaying any thumbnails, even though the formula used is the same."I tried to refresh and publish, but the problem persists. How can I fix this issue?
Hi @lkitambi ,
Are you using 20 image type columns in each record or do you have 20 records where each has an image type column (or is it something entirely different) ?
@WarrenBelz Which do you think would be a better use in this scenario and what do you think the problem is either way. My gut reaction says that using 20 records would be more manageable.
Hi @eccountable_dev (I assume you are the same person that posted)
I would actually use a Library with 40 pictures and have a numeric column (I call mine IDRef ) with the ID of the "Parent" record. I am however still not clear on your structure here.
Thanks for the quick reply!I am actually not the original poster Just thought this would be a good learning moment for myself as I am newer to power apps and was curious as to how you would go about this problem. Using a numeric column makes way more sense. Thank you!
I have over 40 columns with images and 20 columns with dates in each record. The date columns are working fine.
No Snnj did not post this one.
So you have 20 image columns per record ? I have seen glitches with two, particularly writing to them in the same Patch, so maybe 20 is over the limit that Power Apps can resolve from SharePoint. I have similar structures with multiple images belonging to various records, but on a much bigger scale (100k plus images and 15k records) and use a Library with (as I posted) a numeric field with the ID of the "parent" record and the image thumbnails resolve in seconds on an iPad in the field.
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Agree with Warren here. Don't use image column types in apps. They are problematic. Seen a bunch of support posts when using them. The best and most flexible way to do images is that separate document library to store all the photos and an ID column to hold the ID of the list item that is the parent.
Thanks, Warren and Cwebb365. I am New. Can you please point me to a post on how to do that?-thank you!
The first part of this blog of mine for the initial saving then the last part of this one for the metadata.
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