PowerApps ID

[Anonymous]

Hi

I am currently using Flow to combine two inputs of data into one excel sheet. (One excel row to be specific)

Im using a 'Flow button' on a cellphone to log the users name and email, time and date. All in separate columns.

At a later stage the user will open MS Forms, and fill out some more details in which I want added to the same row in the above mentioned excel sheet.

My issue is, at one stage I had the _PowerAppsID_ column existing within my excel sheet, but Ive made many changes and now I seemed to have lost that column. It is non-existent. This leads me to 2 questions:

1. What is the cause of the _PowerAppsID_ columns appearance or disapearance? What triggers it into existence?

2. Once I get the _PowerAppsID_ column back into existence within my excel sheet, any ideas on how to use it to relate the 2 differnet sets of data, into each excel row?

I hope this makes sense. 

Any advice is welcomed. Thanks

[v-micsh-msft · Accepted solution]

Here is the explanation for the _PowerAppsID_:

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Once you connect to your Excel table from PowerApps, PowerApps will create a new column called _*PowerAppsId_*, with a unique ID for each row of your Excel table.

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Reference 

The _*PowerAppsId_ is used to mark the Row number within the Excel table.

You could take use of the lookup() function to find the related value within the same row.

Regards,

Michael

[Anonymous]

I have a follow-up question to this. If I deleted the auto-generated _Powerappid_ how do I get it back? I removed that column from one of the sheets in my excel file and added more data but that data doesn't appear when I call it within the app. My assumption is because it doesn't have _Powerappid_ associated with it.

[gjoblin]

Hi @Anonymous , 

I've got the same problem have you find a solution?

Best regard

[LBH]

In my experience, you would simply have to remove the connection within powerapps and then add it again to get the PowerAppID back.

[ckoof]

I have a question related to this...If I have deleted my Excel connection and converted my files to SP lists the PowerApp ID is no longer generated with patched items.   Does this affect my app set up if I am not referencing the original PowerApp ID field?  I have an app that is no longer working after the switch and I'm wondering if it has something to do with that field.  Thank you!

[jose8255]

does anyone know why when i save data in my power app that is linked to a excel table when it saves it creates new cells to the spread sheet table and saves at the bottom not the top any idea how to proceed