I am building a Powerapp that will allow users to choose a project from a SharePoint list and have that selection pre-populate some items in a form. There are other items in the form that I have changed to Drop Down boxes whose items are pulled from other SharePoint lists. So far so good, but the users have one requirement I cannot figure out:
'Engineer' must have a default value pulled from the selected project (from Project_Selector). The user must also be able to overwrite that default value with a selection from the Drop Down (from pkg_Engineer). The default value is not necessarily in the item list.
What I have done:
- Replaced the Text Input box for the Engineer Data Card with a Drop Down
- Set items to
pkg_Engineer.Nameto populate the Drop Down choices - Set Default to
Project_Selector.Selected.Name
On preview, I expect to see Engineer pre-populated with "Fitzsimmons" (an item not in the list) and Drop Down choices of "Adams", "Baker", "Charles".
What I see is the default value of "Adams".
How can I pre-populate a Drop Down with a value not in the items list like this?
