Setting the Default value of the check box to a lookup into an Excel field.

[dr9106]

Hi, I'm trying to create a power app that will automatically "check" a checkbox when I link to an excel sheet on my OneDrive. So for example, if employees attended training session "A" but not training session "B" a checkmark would only appear on training session "A" only. Any insights here? attendance is being tracked on the excel sheet I upload to my OneDrive.

Employees should be able to log onto the app and see all of their required training sessions. Only upon successful completion of each training course should they see a checkmark appear. Any assistance provided here would be greatly appreciated.

[WarrenBelz]

Hi @dr9106 ,

When you say " when I link to an excel sheet on my OneDrive", this needs to be a shared file and the formatted table linked as a data source.

When you do this, you would have a field in the Excel sheet to store the Yes/No value, which would then populate the checkbox with whatever is stored. Is this what you are referring to?

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[dr9106]

Hi @WarrenBelz, thats correct the excel sheet would be shared on my One Drive, so when I link to the canvas app I'm creating it creates a _Power_AppsID_ as shown in the screenshot below. 

Where you see the "Action" which currently reads "Joined" we can change that to "Yes" or "No". So if a person attended the Opening Ceremonies their checkbox would populate, otherwise it would not if they haven't. Let me know what you think.

Thanks!

[WarrenBelz · Accepted solution]

@dr9106 ,

"Yes" and "No" are text value - the checkbox would need the Default

If(
   ThisItem.Action="Yes",
   true,
   false
)

The Update on the card would be

If(
   CheckBoxName.Value=true,
   "Yes",
   "No"
)

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[WarrenBelz]

Hi @dr9106 ,

Just checking if you got the result you were looking for on this thread. Happy to help further if not.

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