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Mark Thomas
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May 18, 2022
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Creating an App from a SharePoint List

I am new to PowerApps and trying to learn how it works. I created a 3 screen app from a SharePoint list. One of the columns in the SharePoint list is a person field.  When I execute the app, it provi...
  • RobElliott's avatar
    May 19, 2022

     Mark Thomas in the screenshot below I've got the people picker dropdown which I've renamed to ddEmployee (not the card, just rename the control). There's also the EmployeeEmail from the SharePoint list. I've renamed the control for that to txtEmployeeEmail - it's always a good idea to rename your controls so you know what they are as the app gets more complex! 

     

    All you need to do to display the selected employee's email address is to click in the txtEmployeeEmail control and select default from the properties bar above and enter ddEmployee.Selected.Email

     

     

    When you change the selected employee the email address will change.

     

    Rob
    Los Gallardos
    Intranet, SharePoint and Power Platform Manager (and classic 1967 Morris Traveller driver)

     

     

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