Cascading Combobox show loading message

[Anonymous]

Hello,

I'm trying to figure how how to inform the user while a combobox is loading.  I have 2 cascading combo boxes.  The first combobox is loaded with values on App start.  The user makes a selection in combobox 1, and this selection is used to filter the results for combobox 2.  This is a query that runs over the gateway and can take a second or two to load, so during this time, I'd like to display a "Please wait - loading . . " message in the 2nd combobox. 

What I have so far is in the 1st combobox OnSelect property I set a variable to as follows:
Set(IsLoading, True);

Then in the 2nd combobox InputTextPlaceholder method, I check this variable and display the message a message:
If(IsLoading, " Please wait", "Select choice");

Also, in the 2nd combobox Items property, I have a filter:
Filter ('datasource', ChoiceID = Combobox1.Selected.Choice).ID

What I can't figure out is once the Items have loaded in Combobox 2, how do I change the variable back to false?  I get an error if I place this in the ComboBox2.Items property:
Filter ('datasource', ChoiceID = Combobox1.Selected.Choice).ID;
Set(IsLoading, false);

"Behvaior function in a non-behavior property".

I can't seem to figure out a way to accomplish what I'd like to do. Any thoughts?

[yashag2255 · Accepted solution]

Hey @Anonymous 

You are getting this error because the behaviour functions are not allowed in the "Items" property.

You cannot directly set this variable to false. As a workaround for this, you can create a local collection when the combobox1 control is selected and same collection can be used in items of combobox2 and the Placeholder text can be set based on the rows count in Collection.

Combobox1: OnChange -> Clear(MyCombobox2Coll);Collect(MyCombobox2Coll,Filter ('datasource', ChoiceID = Combobox1.Selected.Choice).ID)

Combobox2: Items -> MyCombobox2Coll

 InputTextPlaceholder -> If(CountRows(MyCombobox2Coll) = 0, " Please wait", "Select choice")

Hope this Helps!

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[Anonymous]

Thanks Yashag2255,

I understood why I couldn't set the variable, just couldn't construct another way of achieving the same objective.  Your method is perfect!