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search text not working

Hi, i'm just getting started in PowerApps.

 

I have created a simple app, using the Phone Layout option in teh Common Data Service. It generates the 3 screen app automatically.

 

I've successfully downlaoded the app to the phone and it works fine, with customer entity. It's only 130 records, with 7 fields per record, so i don't think this delegation thing is an issue..

 

I've made all the text fields in the entity searchable.

But when i try to search, either on the PC when i preview the app, or enter search text on the phone, it does not work after the first letter. Example: I have a dozen records that contain a the string FW2.  When i type F in the search box, all the records stay there (Lots of F's), but as soon as I type the next letter W,  or FW2 the screen goes blank and no records come back, but clearly there are records with FW2 in them.

 

Can someone please help?

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hpkeong
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Hi @Anonymous

May you check on your Search(DS, searchstring, columns.....) that your columns yo search include the "Field tile"for FW. Bt defaults, PA will just include few titles, not all.

I guess the above explanation may give you hint.

Tq



Search( Table, SearchString, Column1 [, Column2, ... ] )
Table - Required. Table to search.
SearchString - Required. The string to search for. If blank or an empty string, all records are returned.
Column(s) - Required. The names of columns within Table to search. Columns to search must contain text. Column names must be strings and enclosed in double quotes. If SearchString is found within the data of any of these columns as a partial match, the full record will be returned.
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hpkeong
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Hi

 

May you share the screenshot of your search string?

Thanks

hpkeong
Anonymous
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I can't screenshot it because it has corporate data. The search string is just "FW2" (without quotes). No spaces, fancy letters or anything.

 

Youll have to take my word for it that i have at least a dozen records with FW2 in them. They are all searchable and I can see if i scroll through them, but they don't show up when i search. And not just for FW2...any search string more than one letter long shows nothing.

hpkeong
Community Champion
Community Champion

Hi @Anonymous

May you check on your Search(DS, searchstring, columns.....) that your columns yo search include the "Field tile"for FW. Bt defaults, PA will just include few titles, not all.

I guess the above explanation may give you hint.

Tq



Search( Table, SearchString, Column1 [, Column2, ... ] )
Table - Required. Table to search.
SearchString - Required. The string to search for. If blank or an empty string, all records are returned.
Column(s) - Required. The names of columns within Table to search. Columns to search must contain text. Column names must be strings and enclosed in double quotes. If SearchString is found within the data of any of these columns as a partial match, the full record will be returned.
hpkeong
Anonymous
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Hi, i think this might be the solution, but a real stupid question: where do i find the search paramaters of the function to verify?? Like, where do i look for the code? Sorry, i'm not a novice programmer, just new to PowerApps, trying to find my way around.

 

thanks so much for your responses so far.

Anonymous
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Hi, yes, this was it. I just had to modify the gallery's items string, to update with the right columns. Thanks again for your help!

hpkeong
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Hi

Great that my wild guess is correct.
We have to always modify when using auto generated method.
From here, you will learn more.

I am also not a programmer.

Have a nice day.
hpkeong

Hi @Anonymous

 

You can read the following tutorial esp. on Search..

 

Search( Table, SearchString, Column1 [, Column2, ... ] )

  • Table - Required. Table to search.
  • SearchString - Required. The string to search for. If blank or an empty string, all records are returned.
  • Column(s) - Required. The names of columns within Table to search. Columns to search must contain text. Column names must be strings and enclosed in double quotes. If SearchString is found within the data of any of these columns as a partial match, the full record will be returned.

https://powerapps.microsoft.com/en-us/tutorials/function-filter-lookup/

hpkeong
Anonymous
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Hi hpkeong,

 

I have follwed the syntax Search('DBS',"","Column") and added to the Items in Gallery.Still my Search text box doesn't work . Any idea?Please help. At the start of the app the Search Text box was default and working fine . Don't know wht changes I have made to the app that the Search box has stopped working and yields no results !

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