Welcome to my mini-guide on using the Power Apps Patch Function with SharePoint.
Inside you will find examples of how to patch every SharePoint column type. Each page contains code and visuals to show what the code is doing. COPY + PASTE code from the guide into your own app. Just change the datasource name and column names to match your own.
Power Apps Patch function examples by SharePoint column type:
- PATCH A SharePoint Single Line Text Column
- PATCH A SharePoint Multiple Line Text Column
- PATCH A SharePoint Number Column
- PATCH A SharePoint Yes/No Column
- PATCH A SharePoint Person Column
- PATCH A SharePoint Person Column With Multiple Values
- PATCH A SharePoint Date Column
- PATCH A SharePoint Date & Time Column
- PATCH A SharePoint Choices Column
- PATCH A SharePoint Choices Column With Multiple Values
- PATCH A SharePoint Lookup Column
- PATCH A SharePoint Image Column [UPDATED 2022-11-13]
- PATCH A SharePoint Hyperlink Column
- PATCH A SharePoint Currency Column
- PATCH A SharePoint Task Outcome Column
There is no way to PATCH these column types:
- Calculated Column
- External Data Column
- Location Column
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Hi Matt,
Thanks to this tutorial I just patched to a lookup column for the first time! Next, I’m wondering if it is possible to collect to a lookup column when collecting a whole collection to a datasource (eg. Collect(Datasource, Collection)
Is it possible?
Hi Matt,
Thanks for the article. Can you please share how to work and store Managed Meta data columns using Power apps.
Sudheer,
Suggest you check out this page by my friend Reza Dorrani: https://rezadorrani.com/index.php/2020/05/04/power-apps-patch-function-with-sharepoint/
Can you please share tips on how to patch gallery selection that has a nested gallery?
Kiki,
I would suggest you ask this question in the Power Apps forums:
https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Forums/ct-p/PA_Comm_Forums
Hi Matt
Thank you for this invaluable resource that helped and developed my knowledge.
I’m stuck when it comes to merging two collections, from two Sharepoint lists that contain students’ test results. It’s about how I handle columns with the same name. The key is upn, but then there are also the students’ names, school and class.
Dropcolumns, showcolumns?
Hello Ola,
Check out this page from my “Collections Cookbook.”
https://www.matthewdevaney.com/powerapps-collections-cookbook/join-all-columns-from-another-collection/
Hi, is there a way to change the First Published Date for News?
We are transferring lots of News to a new Sharepoint and we want them to have the correct Publish date but this not editable.
Thanks
Stefan,
Not sure. SharePoint migrations are not my specialty.
Good Evening @Matthew
Thanks for the write up tell me how would i go about adding a event created to a outlook calendar?
Justin,
To create a new event in Outlook you would have to use the “Create Event” action in the Office365Outlook connector. This is not done using the PATCH function.
Link: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/office365/#create-event-(v4)
“PATCH A SharePoint Image Column” seems incomplete or just does not work. Do you have any pointers or further explanation on that solution?
Sean,
I agree it seems like I stopped short of a working solution. What does the Update property of the card for the Attachments column say? Can you point it at the control like this?
AttachmentsControlName.Attachments
Now give me the same list for those of us who might be using Dataverse! 😂
Ho do I patch a lookup column to my sharepoint list. Not the lookup’d column itself. I have a main SPList with lookup columns. I populated dropdowns with the secondary lists (because I can’t sort lookup column directly). Now I want to patch my selected choice (from the secondary list) into my main list, but this gives an error since the data types don’t match.
StefWS,
The data types must match if you are patching from one SP list to another. I don’t think there’s any way around that. Why not just store it as plain-text and sort on it instead?