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RLUGO
Jan 30, 2023Copper Contributor
Checkboxes on Power Apps form will not save after submitting form via SharePoint
Hello Power Apps community, I have a Power Apps form that is submitted by users from a SharePoint Online list. The form contains several checkboxes, among other fields. My issue is that when a us...
Adnan_Amin
Jan 31, 2023MVP
Hello RLUGO
To display the selected checkboxes in a saved form, you can add a "Checkbox set" control and bind it to a field in the SharePoint list. You can then use a formula in the "Default" property of the control to set its value based on the values stored in the list field. For example:
- Add a "Checkbox set" control to the form.
- Go to the "Data" source of the form, add a new column to the SharePoint list with a "Multiple lines of text" data type.
- In the "Checkbox set" control, set the "Items" property to the list of checkbox options you want to display.
- Set the "Data field" property of the control to the new column in the SharePoint list.
- Set the "Default" property of the control to the following formula:
If(IsBlank(DataCardValue6.Selected), "", DataCardValue6.Selected)
- Save the form and test it by submitting a form with selected checkboxes.
- Open a saved form and you should be able to see the selected checkboxes.
RLUGO
Jan 31, 2023Copper Contributor
Hello Adnan_Amin
Thank you for your response.
I should have clarified to begin with, the checkboxes are currently individual checkboxes that are contained within a Data Card for a multi-selection drop down. The reason I made it this way is because each checkbox is connected to an input field that will be visible if the corresponding checkbox is selected. I reference the specific checkbox# in the visible property of the corresponding input field to do this. The 'Text' property is written manually for each checkbox in order to get the corresponding options from the multi-selection drop down. I have not changed the "Item' and 'Default' properties for any checkboxes so they should be whatever is the default when they are first created.
Does this change your answer?
Thank you for your response.
I should have clarified to begin with, the checkboxes are currently individual checkboxes that are contained within a Data Card for a multi-selection drop down. The reason I made it this way is because each checkbox is connected to an input field that will be visible if the corresponding checkbox is selected. I reference the specific checkbox# in the visible property of the corresponding input field to do this. The 'Text' property is written manually for each checkbox in order to get the corresponding options from the multi-selection drop down. I have not changed the "Item' and 'Default' properties for any checkboxes so they should be whatever is the default when they are first created.
Does this change your answer?
- PeteOrAug 22, 2025Copper Contributor
RLUGO Hello, did you ever get an answer to this? I have a similar problem- A gallery with repeating tables, all controls store the information when the line is saved apart from a Checkbox control I am using. It saves the data back to SharePoint List (if the user checks the box, the list reflects this), but the control itself reverts back to unchecked on the screen for each line. It just looks very messy.