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Unable to populate dropdown with API JSON response via custom connector

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Hi, 

 

I'm attempting to write this post for a second time as the first seems to have disappeared without a trace.

 

I have been attempting to populate a drop-down within my app using a custom connector (an on-premise gateway). However, I cannot figure out how to access/display the information within the JSON result that is returned.

 

I want to display the 'text' value of each 'risk' inside the dropdown. The API is successful and the correct data is returned (see images), but I can't figure out how to actually access this value. The error I receive when I try to access each 'risk' is:

 

"Name isn't valid. The identifier isn't recognized."

 

I believe it's not being recognised because it is unable to access the object returned.

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

 

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    Carsten_Growth Microsoft Employee on at

    If you take a look at your JSON the items returned is an object. Which means it becomes records inside Power Apps. You would first need to either Ungroup that object to become a table you can work with or drill-in with FirstN(...)

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    Community Power Pla... Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi Carsten_Growth,

     

    Yes you are correct - in order to display the correct values I had to drill into the items object. The formula I used was:

     

    ForAll(IncidentReportAPI.GetAllRisks().result.items, risk.text)

     

    Thanks!

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