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Wichowich · ‎02-14-2020

I have a Sharepoint text column, "month". It is intended to have 01, 02, 03... 12.

I have a PowerApp, connected to it. The text field to modify this column is working not ideally.

When I enter months 1-9 (1 digit), in the way 01, 02, 03... The EditForm operation is sending 1, 2, 3 instead of what I want. I have tried multiple things to fix this but I cannot get it right.

Any suggestions?

Wichowich · ‎02-14-2020

Thanks for your suggestions!

@KennethNicasens. Thanks for your suggestion. But it didn't work.

@mdevaneyYour suggestion/code gets the right format, even just before submitting. I was able to put the output of the box into a variable and it was getting what I wanted. But SharePoint would resist.

I had a problem once, with custom editforms, so I decided to remove the field and place it back again, in order that the data card was not "custom" and was just automatic without any modifications, and that worked. So basically, I think there is a bug when you unlock them, something underneath that makes it work not so well, particularly in this scenario.

Thanks so much for hanging in with me. This was so frustrating!

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mdevaney · ‎02-14-2020

@Wichowich

Use this code in the UPDATE property of the card for Month to show the format you desire

Text(Value(TextInput_Month.Text),"00")

When the data is submitted to SharePoint it will now show "01" for January instead of "1"

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KennethNicasens · ‎02-14-2020

What I also found is that if you edit the Format option of the textbox you are using to Number he will also just write 01 instead of 1.

Wichowich · ‎02-14-2020

Hi,

I have tried what you suggested, but it is resisting to this. Any thoughts?

W

Wichowich · ‎02-14-2020

Kenneth,

You mean the opposite, right? Do I have to set it up in Number or Text?

W

mdevaney · ‎02-14-2020

@Wichowich

Can you please confirm the Format property is set to Text? And also, please confirm the Month column in SharePoint is single-line text.

It might be helpful to see the "non-advanced" properties from the right side menu as a screenshot as well 🙂

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KennethNicasens · ‎02-14-2020

@Wichowich

Yes, Sorry in the screenshot I didn't change the value to Number.

If I do this I am only allowed to fill in a Number and if I send this to Sharepoint he will save this as 01

Wichowich · ‎02-14-2020

Hi @mdevaney,

SharePoint column set to single line text. And format of box set to text format.

mdevaney · ‎02-14-2020

@Wichowich

I think I see the problem.

You must change the Default property of DataCard13 to one of these. Try each of them and let me know what works.

Text(Value(ThisItem.Month),"00")

Text(ThisItem.Month,"00")

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KennethNicasens · ‎02-14-2020

Hi @Wichowich ,

If @mdevaney his solution doesn't work, can you set the format of the box to Number?

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