Parent.error?

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What is "parent.error" in regards to form validation? 

The default error message that is auto-generated when creating a PowerApp from a Sharepoint form has its Text property set to parent.error. 

Unfortunately, the parent (Data Card?) has no "error" property

And neither does the Form: 

Where is the mysterious .error property? I'm also interested in ErrorKind. I see the docs on them but cant seem to find them inside my app anywhere. 

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Hm... did I answer my own question? 

Is the " " item being seen by PowerApps as an actual VALUE, whereas a true blank would be seen as NULL and cause the form to error when submitted?

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Hm... tested another method by: 

Creating a Collection that starts OnVisible: 

ClearCollect(colItems,
{item1: " ", 
item2: "Completed", 
item3: "Completed w/ Comments", 
item4: "Exceptions Taken"})

Set the dropdown's Items to colItems. 

Still when submitting the form, there is no error. 

I then deleted the custom card and added it to the form again. The error message popped right up because the form was in Error State. Hence the original problem:

WHAT DOES THE FORM ERROR TRIGGER THAT IS INVISIBLE / CAN'T BE RECREATED ONCE THE ERROR MESSAGE AND STAR ARE DELETED FROM A STOCK DATA CARD? UGH. 🙂

[ltnguyener]

I can't believe it's been 2 years and the best answer is "redo the datacard".

[Blytheee]

I know this is a really old post but for anyone else browsing through trying to fix this I have a really easy solution.

Change the Text property to:

If(Len(Parent.Error) > 0 , "YOUR TEXT HERE")

Matt