Button in App to note the current date/time and post in associated list

[andrewwn1]

Hi all,

Very new to power apps and sharepoint generally. I have tried searching but cant find just the right thing I am looking for.

I have created a new list for calls my team will attended and instead of them using sharepoint to update it in real time, I've made a power app to make it a simple 1 touch motion for whatever the update is.

Generating the app is the easy part but what i want to do is instead of having to manually select the date and time for a particular event, the user simply presses a button to get the current date and time and it updates the sharepoint list item.

 versus 

(please excuse the formatting, it's just for illustration purposes

The functionality is that non of the fields are mandatory as they can be completed by anyone during the call and can be updated along the way.

Can anyone suggest a smooth flow on getting this functionality to work?

[365-Assist]

Add a button where the OnSelect property creates a variable with the Current Date/Time.

Alternatively you can add it to save icon (Where the Check Icon is).

Set(varCurrentTime,Now())

Then make the Default property of the date field as the variable you created (as above).

Once you save the record then the SharePoint list will be updated with the date time.

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[andrewwn1]

Thanks very much for that. That nearly words as i would like... the only thing is, it is also updating the "on Site" field too instead of allowing the user to come back and press the on site button

[365-Assist]

You need a different button and a different variable for the OnSite column (e.g. varCurrentTime2).

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[andrewwn1]

Unfortunately adding the 2 doesn't work. It either updates both times OR or the second button resets and remove both of the times when i go in and edit

[SLMR]

Did you used two different variables?

Are the dates displayed in the right way in the App and only wrong in the database?

How are the values stored/updated in the db. Do you use a form or patch-function?

Have a look if you by mistake update both columns with the same datapiker

[andrewwn1]

Yes, renamed the second button to 2

Wong in the database - it will update the "responding time" perfectly but it adds the same time into the "on site" time too.... if i go back and press the second "on site" button to change the time on the list, it deletes both sets of times.

[SLMR]

Not the name of the button.

The variable you set whlie pressing the button.

So the first button should do:

set (var_date1,here the control the date is in)

Button 2

set(var_date2,here the control the second date is in)

Then in the datapicker elements:

dp1 

default value var_date1

dp2:

default value var_date2

This is just a rough description of the code