Need help figuring out how to set the value of a multi select Person/Group field (Trainees) of a SharePoint list (Training Forms) within a PowerApp form, based on doing a lookup of people from a different SharePoint list (Training Groups).
Want the the user to be able to access the Training Form, use some field / control to select one or more Training Groups that map to the Training Groups list, which in turn fills in the Trainees field of the Training Form with all the people who are in each selected Training Group.
I don't want the Trainees field to be updated on the actual SharePoint list until the user has saved the Training Form. I need the user to be able to add one or more Training Groups, but then be able to edit what all people are put into the Trainees field before saving the form. Additionally, the user should be able to add a group, save and close the form, then access again and add one or more other groups, which should ADD the extra people from those groups, NOT replace the people already in the Trainees field.
Ideally it would work like this:
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Fairly new to PowerApps, so not sure how best to do this, or if this is even possible.
Hi @ScottReichard ,
Could you please share a bit more about the data structure of your Training Groups SP list?
Do you add a LookUp column (which allows "Allow Multiple Selections" option) in your Training Forms SP list to reference group values from the Training Groups SP list?
If you could provide more details about your SP lists, we could provide a proper workaround for you.
Best regards,
Hi @v-xida-msft thank you for the quick response! Here is some more details:
We have the Training Groups SP list that has 3 fields:
On the Training Form SP list there are many fields, but the fields related to the problem at hand include:
Today, when a Training Form is first created, a Microsoft Flow runs and actually pulls all the Employees from Training Groups SP list that have a Process Area that matches the Process Area of the Training Form itself and adds them to the Trainees field of that Training Form.
After that, the 'trainer' is able to go and make adjustments on the Training Form before completing the form with a Training Date and Location. This is the point where we would like to also give the 'trainer' the capability to add more groups of employees from Training Groups. We're just not sure how best to go about this.
Hi, my reply was removed as spam for some reason so reposting.
The Training Groups SP list is made up of 3 fields:
The Training Form SP list is made up of a bunch of fields, with the notable fields pertaining to the problem at hand including:
Today, when a new Training Form is first created, a Microsoft Flow is kicked off in the background that does several tasks, including doing a lookup where it pulls all Employees from the Training Groups SP list that have a Process Area that matches the Process Area of the Training Form, and adds those people to the Trainees field. Then, the user (trainer) is able to access the Training Form and set a Training Date, Training Location, and modify the Trainees field. However, today the trainer has to individually add extra people to the Trainees field. Ideally, we would like the trainer to have the option to select a different Process Area and have all the Employees in Training Groups SP list that match that Process Area get looked up and added to the Trainees field within the open Training Form and have the chance to review those newly added people, removing some if necessary, before saving the form and actually saving them to the list item.
We're really just not sure how to go about this, as we do not have a ton of PowerApps experience.
I hope that makes sense. If more info is needed please let me know.
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