why does not person save to sharepoint list?

[Oskarkuus]

I have a sharepoint list called AAA

in this sharepoint list i have a column called PPL

PPL column is a Person column in sharepoint.

In powerapps i have a form based on my sharepoint list.

It automatically gives me a combobox for the person column.

Then i have a combobox i have created.

My own created combobox have this in Items.

'Office365-användare'.SearchUser({searchTerm:ComboBox2.SearchText;top:5})

This works fine. I can search all office365 users etc.

Now i want to set my own combobox selected items to populate the sharepoint column person combobox.

i have done this by adding this to the function defaultselection

ComboBox2.SelectedItems

combobox2 = my own created combobox with above office365 code in Items fucntion.

But when i save the form. The selected persons does not save to the list.

Why?

[WarrenBelz]

Hi @Oskarkuus ,

A person field is a "complex" field type and once you change the Items of the dropdown, you need to tell PowerApps what to send back. This can vary according to what you need to update. Please read this thread which should contain most of what you need.

This one is also useful as is this video from Shane Young @Shanescows 

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[v-siky-msft · Accepted solution]

Hi @Oskarkuus ,

The office365user function returns a different column structure than the SharePoint Person column.

Person column of SharePoint is a embeded table contains "Claims", "Department", "DisplayName", "Email", "JobTitle", "Picture" columns.

Please modify the DefaultSelectedItems property:

{
Claims:"i:0#.f|membership|" & ComboBox2.Selected.Mail,
Department:"",
DisplayName: ComboBox2.Selected.DisplayName,
Email: "",
JobTitle:"",
Picture:""
}

For more reference: Defining default values for complex SharePoint types 

Hope this helps.

Sik