Office365 user cannot be saved into sharepoint list

[adammmm]

Hi there,

My Sharepoint list is not saving selected items from my Combobox. 

In Sharepointlist I have a column "Author" with following settings: 

In powerapps, I have the combobox (DataCardValue5) with

Items - Office365Users.SearchUserV2({searchTerm:DataCardValue5.SearchText, top:5}).value

IsSearchable - True

Update - DataCardValue5.SelectedItems

 and 

What am I missing? 

Thanks in advance!

[PriyankaGeethik]

Hi @adammmm ,

I guess it is due to clash of internal name. The internal name of CreatedBy field is also Author please try changing the column name if possible. 

[adammmm]

Hi @PriyankaGeethik ,

Thanks for responding. That didn't work. I created a new column using "AuthorNames" with the same settings and approach. SharePoint list form just stay stuck and doesn't respond when I click Save.

[PriyankaGeethik]

@adammmm 

You mean the data is not getting saved ?

[adammmm]

@PriyankaGeethik 

Yes, data entered into the customized power apps form aren't saving. To be precise, nothing happens after clicking save. 

[Pstork1]

Since you are using the Office365.SearchUsers to populate the dropdown you will be getting people objects in the dropdown.  But your column is a Choice Column not a People column.  So there is a mismatch between the values in the dropdown and the values that need to be saved to the AuthorNames column.  They are different data types.  I suspect you'll need to reformat the values from the dropdown into an array that matches the Choice column and use Patch to save it.  Let me try to replicate your issue and I'll see if I can't provide a solution.

[WarrenBelz]

Hi @adammmm ,

Try in the Data Card Update

{Value:DatCardValue5.Selected.DisplayName}

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[adammmm]

Hi @WarrenBelz ,

That didn't work. I managed to get it to work using Person type column but that stops me from filtering People by department. 

[WarrenBelz]

@adammmm ,

That was your question - how to update the Choice field with a People Picker (not sure why you would want to do this as @Pstork1 mentioned)? The filtering and writing back are two separate issues.

[adammmm]

@WarrenBelz All i’m trying to achieve is to create a form with a field that allows user to select multiple employees display name filtered by email <> blank(). From my understanding I can’t filter Person choice column in PowerApps. Therefore, my alternative is to use Office365user but I’m now stuck with the situation above. My apologies for the confusion, I should’ve explained what I’m trying to achieve from the beginning.