Detected location on map

[Fatih]

Hi All,

I am newbie on the developing Power Apps and I am sticking frequently. I am trying to create travel safety app like below.

I want to show the user detected location on the map located right side to ensure they know their detected location before report it. How can I determine current location. So this can be used on computer or mobile.

Once, I show the detected location, I want to record this detected location, full name, label name (green and red buttons), and detected time and date when they clink these red or green buttons.

How can I do this? When we talk about the emergency time is important so I am trying to collect as much as data without inputting it.

Thanks in advance for your supports.

[M_Ali_SZ365]

@Fatih 

Kindly Change the Full Name Columns Type person and group to single line of Text and then test this code

Patch(
  'Travel Safety Tracker', // Your actual data source name
  Defaults('Travel Safety Tracker'), // Creates a new record
  {
    FullName: User().FullName, // Captures the name of the logged-in user
    Status: "I AM SAFE", // Indicates the button pressed
    DateandTime: Now(), // Captures the current time and date
    ReportedLocation: Location.Latitude & ", " & Location.Longitude
  }
);

 Please accept this solution if it resolves the issue. ✅
Best regards,
Muhammad Ali

[Fatih]

Sharepoint list is not allowing me to change person column type to single text type. So, I created a new column with "Surveyor" name and I used the following code.

Patch(
  'Travel Safety Tracker', // Your actual data source name
  Defaults('Travel Safety Tracker'), // Creates a new record
  {
    Surveyor: User().FullName, // Captures the name of the logged-in user
    Status: "I AM SAFE", // Indicates the button pressed
    DateandTime: Now(), // Captures the current time and date
    ReportedLocation: Location.Latitude & ", " & Location.Longitude
  }
);

In this scenario, the surveyor column is a single text column. But this method hasn't worked as well.

[M_Ali_SZ365]

@Fatih 

What Is The Error

[Fatih]

This is the error. But the column is in the list. I can see it. Reported Location column type is location. Is it should be single text as well?

[M_Ali_SZ365]

Hi @Fatih 

Please try This 

Patch(
    'Travel Safety Tracker', // Your actual data source name
    Defaults('Travel Safety Tracker'), // Creates a new record
    {
        Surveyor: User().FullName, // Captures the name of the logged-in user
        Status: "I AM SAFE", // Indicates the button pressed
        DateandTime: Now(), // Captures the current time and date
        ReportedLocation: Text(Location.Latitude) & ", " & Text(Location.Longitude) // Converts the location to a text string
    }
);

Please accept this solution if it resolves the issue. ✅
Best regards,
Muhammad Ali

[Fatih]

I am still receiving the same error.

But the column is here as you see.

I tried to use recommended columns.

But I have the following error.

[M_Ali_SZ365 · Accepted solution]

Hi @Fatih ,

1. Simplify the SharePoint Column: Change the ReportedLocation column in SharePoint to a single line of text if you don't specifically need it to be a location field. This will make it easier to patch a text string to it from Power Apps.

2. Check Internal Names: Make sure you're using the internal name of the SharePoint column in your Power App code. SharePoint's internal column names can be different from the display names you see in the list view.

3. Refresh the Data Source: After making changes to your SharePoint list, go back to Power Apps and refresh the data source to ensure your app is up-to-date with the latest list configuration.

Here's a quick fix to try in your code, assuming ReportedLocation is now a text column:

Patch(
  'Travel Safety Tracker',
  Defaults('Travel Safety Tracker'),
  {
    Surveyor: User().FullName,
    Status: "I AM SAFE",
    DateandTime: Now(),
    ReportedLocation: Text(Location.Latitude) & ", " & Text(Location.Longitude)
  }
);

If you've changed the column to text and you're still getting errors:

• Double-check that your list and column names are exactly as they appear in SharePoint's list settings.
• Ensure that you have the correct permissions to make changes to the list.
• Refresh your Power Apps data source to make sure it reflects any changes.

Please accept this solution if it resolves the issue. ✅
Best regards,
Muhammad Ali

[Fatih]

Good morning @M_Ali_SZ365 

Thank you so much for your excellent support and patience. I deleted the SharePoint list and recreated it with single-line texts. Predefined column types were messing with the power app functions. Your solutions worked well after I changed all column types to single-line text.