How to add Filter to SortbyColumns and Search

[AuburnMist]

Hello, 

I have a gallery that currently has the following code in the Items property:

SortByColumns(Search(TEMPO_Leave,drpEmployeeEmail.SelectedText.Value,"EmployeeEmail"),"StartDate",If(SortDescending,Descending,Ascending))

The above code makes the gallery display only the records belonging to the selected employee (according to their email), and sort by StartDate. 

The gallery displays employee leave information. I would like to include filters to allow the user to filter by leave type and by status but I don't know how to add a Filter function to the above code. 

Thank you for your help. 

[WarrenBelz]

Hi @AuburnMist ,

Firstly why are you using Search when the email will be an exact match ? You could do this (note I have assumed your drop-downs are Choice values or .Value will be different)

SortByColumns(
   Filter(
	  TEMPO_Leave,
      (
         Len(YourLeaveTypeDD.Selected.Value) = 0 ||
         'Leave Type' = YourLeaveTypeDD.Selected.Value
      ) &&
         Len(YourStatusDD.Selected.Value) = 0 ||
         Status = YourStatusDD.Selected.Value
      ) &&
      EmployeeEmail = drpEmployeeEmail.Selected.Value
   ),
   "StartDate",
   If(
      SortDescending,
      Descending,
      Ascending
   )
)

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[AuburnMist]

Hi Warren,

I cannot get your code to work. 😞 

The reason why I used "Search" to find the correct employee is because "Filter" does not provide the expected result (it displays the records for ALL of the employees). The email of the correct employee doesn't come from a dropdown (Choice column), it comes from a table I created as a SharePoint list (separate list from TEMPO_Leave) - perhaps that is the reason? 

Please see these screenshots:

1) With existing code: 

2) With "Search" changed to "Filter"

3) With the code you provided MINUS the EmployeeEmail part: 

4) With the full code you provided: 

[WarrenBelz]

Hi @AuburnMist ,

I did know your field types and assumed Text - I suspect now they are Choice columns - also if you want to search (but I am still confused why you are Searching

SortByColumns(
   Filter(
	  TEMPO_Leave,
      (
         Len(YourLeaveTypeDD.Selected.Value) = 0 ||
         'Leave Type'.Value = YourLeaveTypeDD.Selected.Value
      ) &&
         Len(YourStatusDD.Selected.Value) = 0 ||
         Status.Value = YourStatusDD.Selected.Value
      ) &&
      drpEmployeeEmail.Selected.Value in EmployeeEmail 
   ),
   "StartDate",
   If(
      SortDescending,
      Descending,
      Ascending
   )
)

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[WarrenBelz]

Hi @AuburnMist ,

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

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[AuburnMist]

Hi Warren, 

I could not resolve this matter, but I opted to not add the filter in the end on account that managers will be able to get the information through their accompanying PowerBI report. 

Thank you for your support though. 🙂