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A Drop down control conserves screen real estate, especially when the list contains a large number of choices. What is the recommended approach to be able to search a SharePoint list with more than 5000 items in a searchable drop-down list?

I must be missing something visual or otherwise on the link you provided with the Parent.Default and Cards. PowerApps Customize Edit Screen. ). https://www.tachytelic.net/2020/04/many-ways-get-sharepoint-items-power-automate/. When connecting directly to list, how is Powerapps getting data?

I also have a second data source name "Company-Agency", which is a lookup from "Contacts" for the "Company-Agency" this individual works for. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. If you want to convert the Text Input box into a Drop down box within the Edit form of your app, please check the following GIF screenshot: On your side, after converting a Text Input box into a Drop down box, please unlock the corresponding Data card, then set the Items property of the Drop down box (Dropdown control) to a Table value consists of available options you want to choose from this Drop down box. Im able to search that list via a text box with the code : Search(EmployeeList, SearchBox.Text, "Title") Fairly straight forward.

Add a list box, a drop-down list, or radio buttons to a canvas app. Or hide text input control. If you don't want to use Choice fields, you can use simple text fields and in PowerApps connect to SharePoint lists as the source of the dropdown options.

I tried the exact steps you showed in the GIF. Power Platform Integration - Better Together!

ErrorMessage of that Datacard may so error. Not as easy as you’d hope - but not that difficult either.

On your side, after converting a Text Input box into a Drop down box, please unlock the corresponding Data card, then set the Items property of the Drop down box (Dropdown control) to a Table value consists of available options you want to choose from this Drop down box. Note: The mac_familia and mac_tipo are both Excel tables in my OneDrive for Busines folder.

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I have a gallery populated from a SharePoint List.

I have seen your reply to this elder post as I was searching for a similar solution on how to limit choices in a drop down for a  datacardvalue in a form.

Writing technical steps is super-hard sometimes without screen-shots and I know I'm missing the steps.

I have a simple power app that I developed using Excel as the data source. Drop-Down Name - ContactsDrop (name matters in second drop-down) Code - Distinct(Contacts,Name_x002d_Combined) That worked fine.

Create dependent drop-down lists in a canvas app.

Your point 5 returns an error. I had a problem with this solution, but thats solved now (cannot delete my post...).

Hi. Show a single column of data (for example, from a multi-column table) in a canvas app so that users can select one or more items in a list.

Is using search api a possibiility? The Jobnumbers have two statuses (active and completed) and we wan to only show the 'active' items in the dropdown of the powerapp. To use the choices in a drop-down list, you have to use the function choices.

Great resource thanks s lot. When you create dependent (or cascading) drop-down lists, users select an option in a list to filter options in another list. Apps (9 days ago) In this PowerApps tutorial, we will discuss how to bind PowerApps combo box SharePoint list..

Similarly, Select 2 in the Columns field and Vertical in the Layout field as shown below. Could you please share a bit more about your scenario? Worked fine.

Many organizations create dependent lists to help users fill out forms more efficiently.