Dropdown: Text (display) and Value (pass)

[powerappstx]

Hi,

I have a dropdown control which pulls data from a SharePoint list. I would like the dropdown box to display the city name (City.Name) and pass the value of that city name (City.ID) onto a gallery, which will be filtered based on the City.ID, not the City.Name.

In the "Advnaced" tap for the dropdown, I've tried to set the Items to City.Name and the Value to City.ID, but when I set the Item to the Name, it forces the Value to Name as well, and won't let me manually set the Value. I've tried several other solutions I've found on the forums and don't seem to grasp what I am doing wrong. Can someone please point me in the right direction?

Thank you.

[yashag2255]

Hey @powerappstx 

In that case, update the configuration to:

1) Dropdown -> Items -> City

2) Select Value as Name from the fields in the right menu.

3) To get Id for selected city, use the expression: Dropdown1.Selected.ID

Hope this Helps!

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[powerappstx]

This is my configuration:

Dropdown box:

Items: Portfolio.Store (ex: New York, NY)

Default Value: MyDept (which is global variable. ex: "1000")

My problem is when I go to change the "Value" for the dropdown it only shows "Store" as an option. I'm allowed to change it.

[yashag2255]

Hey @powerappstx 

Portfolio.Store restricts to one column of this Portfolio data source. You need to update the configuration as:

Items: Portfolio

Value: Store

To retrieve the value, you need to use: Dropdown1.Selected.ID

ID is the name of column you want to retrieve.

Hope this Helps!

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[Lars4]

If yashag2255's reply doesn't fit for your scenario, you could try using a combo box. These objects are much more flexible. 

[powerappstx]

Right, so this gets me back to where I was. 

Dropdown:

Items = Portfolio

Selected = ID

However, I would like the Display value of DropDown to equal a friendly name vs the ID.

Example:

City Table (SharePoint):

City Name:       ID:

New York         1000

Boston              2000

MyDept (Global Varible, O365 Dept Value)

I'd like this behavior:

DropDown:

Item Display = CityTable.City Name

Item Value = CItyTable.ID

Selected = MyDept

Essentially, I want the MyDept value to do a lookup into the City Table and display the City Name, not the City ID.