Help with updating Text Labels with Person and Date/Time

[jbrines]

Hi Guys,

Below is an App edit page

When I click on Yellow Card Sent I want it to put the current user of the app display name as well as update the field in the SharePoint List

When I click on the Yellow Reason I want it to put in the current date and time as well as updating the field in the SharePoint List.

Currently in the OnChange of the button field of Yellow Card Sent I have

UpdateContext({var2:User()})

And on the Update of the Yellow Issued By I have tried below, but it doesn't like it as it is expecting a record value

var2.FullName

Currently for Yellow Reason OnChange I have

UpdateContext({var:Now()})

On the Yellow Issued Date card I have 

var

The issue with the date and display name part is that when I click on + to create a new item the date and display name are put in instead of waiting for me to make my changes.

John.

[jbrines]

@RandyHayes it is showing in the list and the app. When you first add the date it works fine but after you submit it the time is changed to 00:00

[RandyHayes]

@jbrines 

So, what I need to know is, that space between your pictures.  When you submit that record...what is in the datasource?  Does it have the correct time in the list (not in your app, in the list)?

[jbrines]

@RandyHayes  The data source is a SharePoint List. No it doesn't have the correct time on the list

[RandyHayes · Accepted solution]

@jbrines 

So, this stems back to a mistake I made in message #20.  Your Update property should be DateTimeValue not DateValue.  DateValue returns just the date portion of the text, DateTimeValue will include the time as well.

Sorry I didn't catch that a while ago.

[jbrines]

@RandyHayes Many thanks again, working a treat.

John.

[jbrines]

@RandyHayes  me again 😂

This issue I think (believe) I have caused. I change the Yes/No for the Yellow and Red cards to Choice fields but I was sure I changed it before you came to the rescue. Now the Yellow/Red Card options are giving an error they are expecting a Boolean. When you toggle them in the app they change but when you save it defaults back to off.

Is there a quick what in the app to change them to a choice field?

John.

[RandyHayes]

@jbrines 

Hi again! 😁

What do you mean by "Yellow/Red Card options"?

So, you have a toggle for the Yes or No and this is back-ended by a choice column?

If so,

1) what are the choices in the column?

2) what is the Default property of your Toggle?

3) what is the Update property of the datacard with the toggle?

4) what is the Default of the datacard with the toggle?

[jbrines]

@RandyHayes 

Yellow/Red Card Option what I meant was changing Yellow Card to Yes

1) This was a Yes/No and I changed it to a Yes/No Choice 

2) Parent.Default

3) DataCardValue11.Value

4) ThisItem.'Yellow Card Sent'

4) is the one with the issue where it is expecting the Boolean

John.

[RandyHayes]

@jbrines 

Very good.

So on the Default of the DataCard:

    ThisItem.'Yellow Card Sent'.Value = "Yes"

And on the Update property of the DataCard:

    {Value: If(DataCardValue11.Value, "Yes", "No")}

That should do the trick.

[jbrines]

@RandyHayes 

First one worked but not the second one.