I want my submitform to save to a collection instead of the original datasource

[noneother]

Hello

How would I save my form to a collection instead of back to the original datasource?

I tried collect(exampleCollection,submitform(form1)); and it doesn't seem to work. Any other methods?

[WarrenBelz]

Hi @noneother ,

You cannot display an item from a collection on a form, however this will get you all the fields on the form that have been changed

ClearCollect(colForm,YourFormName.Updates)

Or you could simply code it all

ClearCollect(
   colForm,
   {
      Field1Name:FormControl1.xxxx
      Field2Name:FormControl2.xxxx
      Field3Name:FormControl3.xxxx
   }
)

the xxxx is what ever valid value refers to the control content.

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[noneother]

This doesn't seem to work for me, below. I want to simultaneously save to a collection then save that collection to the respective record within a SharePoint list. Any clues?

ClearCollect(ColForm1Form2,{Col_ACMPS_CARE_RECIPIENT_ID: DataCardValue146.Text, 'Activity Notes': DataCardValue25.Text});

ForAll(
          ColForm1Form2,
          Patch(
              LookUp('Consumer Sample for Survey FINAL', Col_ACMPS_CARE_RECIPIENT_ID = ACMPS_CARE_RECIPIENT_ID),
                     {

'Activity Notes': ColForm1Form2[@'Activity Notes']

                     }
          )
);

[noneother]

Nevermind. I saw I was missing: the source before Lookup

ClearCollect(ColForm1Form2,{ACMPS_CARE_RECIPIENT_ID: DataCardValue146.Text, 'Activity Notes': DataCardValue25.Text});

ForAll(
          ColForm1Form2,
          Patch(
              'Consumer Sample for Survey FINAL', LookUp('Consumer Sample for Survey FINAL', ColForm1Form2[@ACMPS_CARE_RECIPIENT_ID] = ACMPS_CARE_RECIPIENT_ID),
                     {

'Activity Notes': ColForm1Form2[@'Activity Notes']

                     }
          )
);

[WarrenBelz]

Hi @noneother ,

Are you waiting to also retain all the notes in the collection?

You need to firstly initiate it - App OnStart would work - this will give you an empty collection with the required fields

ClearCollect(
   ColForm1Form2,
   {'Consumer Sample for Survey FINAL':""|,
   {'Activity Notes': ""}
);
Clear(ColForm1Form)

Then you can collect all the form inputs

Collect(
   ColForm1Form2,
   {
      ACMPS_CARE_RECIPIENT_ID: DataCardValue146.Text, 
      'Activity Notes': DataCardValue25.Text
   }
)

Then when you want to write it all back

ForAll(
   RenameColumns(
      ColForm1Form2,
      "ACMPS_CARE_RECIPIENT_ID"
      "ACMPS_ID"
      "Activity Notes",
      "Activity",
   ),
   Patch(
      'Consumer Sample for Survey FINAL', 
      {ACMPS_CARE_RECIPIENT_ID:ACMPS_ID};
      {'Activity Notes':Activity]
   )
)

Is this what you want to do - or do you want to write each, but store in a collection as well? The first bit (OnStart) and the collection would be the same. The Patch would be

Patch(
   'Consumer Sample for Survey FINAL', 
   {ACMPS_CARE_RECIPIENT_ID: DataCardValue146.Text},
   {'Activity Notes': DataCardValue25.Text}
)

or

UpdateIf(
   'Consumer Sample for Survey FINAL', 
    ACMPS_CARE_RECIPIENT_ID=DataCardValue146.Text,
   {'Activity Notes': DataCardValue25.Text}
)

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[v-yutliu-msft]

Hi @noneother ,

It seems that you've solve your problem, am I right?
If so, do you have any other problem?

If not, could you change your issue's status to "Answered"?

Thanks!

Best regards,