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[bassman99]

Question:  Is it possible to use the If() statement inside a Search() function?

I start with a basic search:

SortByColumns(Search([@'MyTable'],TextSearchBox1.Text,"Title"),"Title",If(SortDescending1,Descending,Ascending))

[Note: I realize there is a delegation issue...].

What I want to do is substitute an "if()" statement for "[@'MyTable']", which:

• Simply returns "[@'MyTable']" if "" is selected in a drop-down (ComboBox_Request_Status.Selected.Value).
• Returns "Filter([@'MyTable'], Request_Status=ComboBox_Request_Status.Selected.Value)" if a non-blank value is selected from the drop-down (ComboBox_Request_Status.Selected.Value).

I can't tell if A) use of "if()" in a search formula is not allowed or B) I just have a syntax error somewhere.

[WarrenBelz · Accepted solution]

Hi @bassman99 ,

Try this

SortByColumns(
   Filter(
      [@'MyTable'],
      Len(TextSearchBox1.Text) = 0 ||
      TextSearchBox1.Text in Title
   ),
   "Title",
   If(
      SortDescending1,
      Descending,
      Ascending
   )
)

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[bassman99]

That's *IT*!  The "trick" is to use and/or with Filter, not an if() statement!  My final formula was this:

SortByColumns(
Filter(
[@'MyTable'],
(Len(TextSearchBox1.Text) = 0 || TextSearchBox1.Text in Title),
(Len(ComboBox_Request_Status.Selected.Value) = 0 || Request_Status=ComboBox_Request_Status.Selected.Value)
),
"Title",
If(
SortDescending1,
Descending,
Ascending
)
)

Thanks!!