Changing a Column type in SP and now Powerapps wont get the new columntype

[RvdHeijden]

I've got (kind of) a stupid question.

I've mad a column in SP, a Yes/No field, and then added that in PowerApps and it worked fine. But now I need to change that Yes/No column to a choice column based on Yes, No and N/A but somehow PowerApps just keeps adding the Bolean columntype instead of the choice column

Ive tried deleting the column in PowerApps (couple of times) and refreshing the tabel in Powerapps but with no result.

Is there a way to refresh or something or do i need to completely delete the table and add it again because that would suck 🙂

[Pstork1 · Accepted solution]

When you say "refreshing the table" does that mean refreshing the data source itself?  You need to use the context menu in the list of data sources to refresh the schema of the SharePoint list.

[timl]

@RvdHeijden 

When you say "refreshing the tabel in Powerapps", do you mean that you selected the SharePoint list in the data panel and clicked the 'Refresh' option that's available beneath the '...'  menu? That process would normally fix this issue.

[RvdHeijden]

@Pstork1 that is what I mean and I've already tried that option a couple of times but the result for that column remains Bolean instead of a Choice column. 

In SP the column already changed obviously but PowerApps keeps adding the old columntype

[RvdHeijden]

@timl that is what I meant but it won't change the columntype

[Pstork1]

That should fix it.  If that doesn't you may have to remove the entire connection and re-add it to the app.

[RvdHeijden]

@Pstork1 and @timl yesterday it didn't work but when I tried the same thing this morning it did change the columntype, so I'm guessing it takes more then a little while for it to work.

Anyways the problem is fixed now

[Pstork1]

I suspect its the difference between changing a column and adding a column.  When adding a column there is no delay.  But it may take time for changing a column to get picked up because there is no new column, just a change in schema.