Power Apps Collection reference issue

[aintcha99]

in my onstart of my canvas app I am creating a collection. The collection exists as I am able to see it in my list of collections and when I run monitor it says ten items where created. Also it appears in my list of data sources to choose for my gallery but when I add it I get an "Name isn't valid. This identifier isn't recognized" error.  (see attached screenshots). Here is my collection code:

ClearCollect(
coll_navigation,
{
viewBox: "0 0 448 512",
d: "M224 256c70.7 0 128-57.31 128-128s-57.3-128-128-128C153.3 0 96 57.31 96 128S153.3 256 224 256zM274.7 304H173.3C77.61 304 0 381.6 0 477.3c0 19.14 15.52 34.67 34.66 34.67h378.7C432.5 512 448 496.5 448 477.3C448 381.6 370.4 304 274.7 304z",
screen: 'My Avatar'
}
);

This was working at one point and with no changes to anything relevant it stopped.

[v-bofeng-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @aintcha99 :

When editing a custom component, you cannot call external variables or collections. You need to:
1. Create an input type property-TheCollection for this custom component
2. First predefine the input property as:

Table({
viewBox: "0 0 448 512",
d: "M224 256c70.7 0 128-57.31 128-128s-57.3-128-128-128C153.3 0 96 57.31 96 128S153.3 256 224 256zM274.7 304H173.3C77.61 304 0 381.6 0 477.3c0 19.14 15.52 34.67 34.66 34.67h378.7C432.5 512 448 496.5 448 477.3C448 381.6 370.4 304 274.7 304z",
screen: 'App.ActiveScreen'
})

 3.Set the gallery's items property to 

ComponentName.TheCollection 

When you call this comonent, you only need to change its TheCollection proeprty to your collection.

I think this video will help you a lot:

Power Apps - Creating menu component 

Best Regards,

Bof

[aintcha99 · Accepted solution]

This works for sure. I was however able to reference the external collection before for weeks. I'm very curious as to what happened to affect that.

[TechnicalPanda]

Performing Collection CRUD Operation In PowerApp

https://technicalpandas.blogspot.com/2023/09/performing-collection-crud-operation-in.html