Set the default value of a Person lookup in powerapps

[Anonymous]

Hi Support,

Below will set the values to person control, though that values are not saving to the list.

Office365Users.MyProfile()

Office365Users.Manager(Office365Users.MyProfile().UserPrincipalName)

kind give me syntax to default value for person field.

[v-monli-msft]

Hi @Anonymous,

The Office365Users functions only work with Office 365 Users connection, not with SharePoint users and groups. To use these formulas, you will to add the Office365 Users connection. For more information, please refer to:

Connect to Office 365 Users connection from PowerApps

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powerapps/connections/connection-office365-users

Regards,

Mona

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

I've managed to do this via this post: http://www.codeovereasy.com/2017/07/powerapps-set-sharepoint-person-field-to-current-user/

Credits to derek who wrote the article 🙂

[Anonymous]

Thank you Driverdo19. Your solution 100% worked for me... 🙂