Adding new line to multiple lines of text field

[niklasjegg]

Hello. I have a chat function in my Powerapp.

I am populating the a single mutiple line text field with chat content. The chat content is always structutred like this 

utcnow();user().email;chatcontent.text

These messages are split with char 10 (new Line).

I can get he whole text array with flow. for example.

this gets me the "chat content". the scribbled over part is my email address

I now want to add the same structure after an approval is made with comments in the approval.

How can i achieve this?

Thank you and BR Niklas

[niklasjegg]

does anyone have a clue/hint on this?

[KvB1]

You want to apply the same idea to an approval, where you store the comment and a timestamp as a string?

You would only be able to do this if the approval comes from the Flow, there is no way to get the info needed from the approval otherwise

[niklasjegg]

@KvB1  hello.

yes exactly. I want to add the Approval comments from the "start and wait for an Approval" action in flow to my multi line text as a new line.

my Patch action for the Multiline text in the Powerapp looks like this for example

Patch(
    Request,
    {ID: YourRequest_Gallery.Selected.ID},
    {
        ProjResponsible_Comments: Concatenate(
            Concat(Chat,Result,Char(10)),
            If(
                !IsEmpty(Chat),Char(10)
            ),
            Concatenate(Text(Now(),"[$-de-DE]dd-mm-yyyy HH:mm:ss"),";"
                ,User,";",NewChatMessage_Input.Text
            )
        ),
        StatusDate: Today(),
        RequestStatusColour:Dropdown_ChangeColour.Selected.Value
    }
);

[KvB1]

In the dynamic content available after using the "Start and wait for an approval" action, there is a bunch of information such as approver response, approver email, etc. 

You should be able to just concat all of it to create the string you want, then add it to the multi line? I can imagine you would need to start the last part with your: outputs('Compose') to indicate its a new line

[niklasjegg]

i am trying this right now.

first i am getting utcnow;approver email,approver comment into my variable "comments"

then i am useing split to add the new line right?

and after that i concat output 2 (previous comments) with output of compose comments.

My output in the last action looks like this then

["time;email;comment"]
["time;email;comment"]

thats it almost. i need the output to be

time;email;comment
time;email;comment

[KvB1 · Accepted solution]

I think it should be possible to simplify it a bit, and prevent the need to concat each value in the array of your last action.

It should be possible to concatenate the

with the outputs of your comments variable.

However, you would need to lead your comments variable with the outputs('Compose') to indicate the new line