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Serviced2000 · ‎04-06-2020

Hi Everyone,

I'm building a simple app where I have a list of individuals that I need to be able to check / select or unselect from the gallery screen (screenshot in attachments). I'm using these Patch() functions to update a Sharepoint list :

For OnCheck

Patch('Associate Consultants', LookUp('Associate Consultants', ID=BrowseGallery1.Selected.ID), {Selected: "Yes"})

For On UnCheck

Patch('Associate Consultants', LookUp('Associate Consultants', ID=BrowseGallery1.Selected.ID), {Selected: "No"})

Note: Selected is a column name in my Sharepoint list (I'm not sure if it's a reserved word in PowerApps). This is for use in a flow at a later stage where Sharepoint doesn't like True / False columns.

What happens is that all works really well when I add the Patch for OnCheck, but as soon as I add the Patch for On Uncheck, the toggles (checkboxes do the same thing) behave strangely. If I toggle one gallery item it may (or may not) uncheck itself. If I toggle two they will both uncheck. If I toggle 3 they will stay toggled, until I uncheck one and they will ALL uncheck.

I'm certain I've missed something very basic here but all my research (read: Googling) has pointed me to solutions where checking multiple boxes / toggles is the preferred behaviour, so I can't see why this is happening when I don't need it.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

WarrenBelz · ‎04-07-2020

Hi @Serviced2000 ,

I posted this one a short time ago - the second bit is similar to what you need - using this syntax, yours I believe would be something like

ForAll(
   RenameColumns(
      YourGalleryName.AllItems,
      ),
      "ID",
      "IDRef"
   ),
   UpdateIf(
      'SP list',
      ID = IDRef,
      {
         Consultant_Selected:
         If(
            Toggle4.Value,
            "Yes",
            "No"
         )
      }
   )
)

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WarrenBelz · ‎04-06-2020

Hi @Serviced2000 ,

Firstly, you are correct in that Selected is a reserved word and you should rename this control as soon as possible.

If this does not fix the issue, you can look at a Default value which you can set with a Variable to the value of the control on the OnChange but on the condition that ThisItem.IsSelected is true.

Have a go at this first - happy to help further.

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Serviced2000 · ‎04-06-2020

Thanks @WarrenBelz - I changed the column name to Consultant_Selected but that hasn't changed the behaviour. When it comes to changing the default with a variable where would I put the ThisItem.IsSelected bit - in the OnCheck / On Uncheck Actions?

Apologies - should probably have mentioned I'm a complete novice in this space...

WarrenBelz · ‎04-06-2020

Hi @Serviced2000 ,

On the Default.

I just did some basic testing, not necessarily mirroring yours, but I did the following on a checkbox in a gallery.

On both the OnCheck and OnUncheck (add your other code as well) and replace control name with yours.

UpdateContext({vCheck:YourCheckboxName.Value})

The Default of the Checkbox

If(ThisItem.IsSelected,vCheck)

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Serviced2000 · ‎04-06-2020

Sorry @WarrenBelz,

Still no - now, when I click the second toggle it goes on and then off and the first toggle switches to off as well. Apologies - I've probably missed something really basic here. I've added a snip of the toggle properties which will hopefully show what I've done. If this looks correct I might kill this app altogether and start afresh in case I've messed anything up in the earlier stages...

WarrenBelz · ‎04-06-2020

Thanks @Serviced2000 ,

Did you change the Default of Toggle4 to

If(ThisItem.IsSelected,vCheck)

Serviced2000 · ‎04-06-2020

Thanks @WarrenBelz ,

I'm pretty sure this is in the right place...

WarrenBelz · ‎04-06-2020

Hi @Serviced2000 ,

UPDATE -

A bit more testing and I am getting the same strange behavior.

The following works a bit better - but clunky and does a few other strange things.

Default

If(ThisItem.IsSelected,vCheck)

OnCheck

Select(Parent);
Patch(
   'Associate Consultants', 
   LookUp(
      'Associate Consultants', 
      ID=BrowseGallery1.Selected.ID
   ), 
   {Selected: "Yes"}
;)
Refresh('Associate Consultants');
UpdateContext({vCheck:true})

OnUncheck

Select(Parent);
Patch(
   'Associate Consultants', 
   LookUp(
      'Associate Consultants', 
      ID=BrowseGallery1.Selected.ID
   ), 
   {Selected: "No"}
;)
Refresh('Associate Consultants');
UpdateContext({vCheck:false})

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Serviced2000 · ‎04-06-2020

Awesome! At least I'm not being totally dumb! 🙂

I'll give this a try and come back to you...

Serviced2000 · ‎04-06-2020

Hi @WarrenBelz ,

Definitely some weird stuff going on there. Still not working quite as I'd hoped though. I would have thought this would be a pretty simple thing. Change toggle -> Update Data Source... The End. I can't see why it's changing back - even though we've change the default behaviour to cover any screen / page refreshing.