Powerapps Dropdown not working

[Kaschlegel]

I tested my app yesterday, and i was sure it was working, but today my power app dropdowns are  not feeding into my sharepoint list.

I have two dropdowns named station and department. My column titles are station and title (because i never know what to do with the title column).

My labels are ddStation and ddDept.

My items property of each are:

["Choose Station:","DAY","FLL","JAX","MIA","MLB","PBI","PNS","RSW","SRQ","TLH"]

and 

["Choose Dept:","120","125","148","807"]

Can someone tell me what i've got wrong, please.

Thank you

[RandyHayes]

@Kaschlegel 

If your dropdowns are in an EditForm, then what are the update properties of the datacards that they are in?

They need to reflect the proper value to be updated to the column they are there for.

[Kaschlegel]

Should my dropdowns be outside of the edit form, or how do I fix the update properties of them? Thank you.

[RandyHayes]

@Kaschlegel 

No, your dropdowns can be either in or out of the form.  In would probably be better for your needs.

But, the Update property of the datacard needs to reflect on that control for its value.  So what do you have now?

[Kaschlegel]

The data card is locked unless I delete the items property.

[Kaschlegel]

This shows the parent control as my dept dropdown, but i haven't been able to remove that. 

[RandyHayes]

@Kaschlegel 

So, what are the underlying column types for Station and Department?

How did you add the dropdowns to the edit form?

You don't need any of the Depends on fields that you have listed as your data for both controls is single column based tables - i.e. there is no relationship and thus no dependency.

[Kaschlegel]

I my dropdown fields are both for sharepoint list columns that are single line of text, and i made my dropdown choices directly in the Powerapps item property for each dropdown. I cant delete the relationship. the card is locked and i can't unlock it unless i delete my items property. What do i need to enter in the update property of the data card to update the sharepoint list, please?

[RandyHayes]

@Kaschlegel 

Remove the two datacards from your EditForm.

Then Add then back in and when you add them, change the Control Type (in the field chooser) to Edit Allowed Values.

Then, unlock the two datacards and set the AllowedValues property of each data card to:

For the Station DataCard:

    ["Choose Station:","DAY","FLL","JAX","MIA","MLB","PBI","PNS","RSW","SRQ","TLH"]

For the Department DataCard:

    ["Choose Dept:","120","125","148","807"]

That will be all you need to do.  PowerApps will have already set up all the back end Update properties and such when you changed the Control Type to "Edit Allowed Values".

[Kaschlegel]

That did it. Thank you so much!!