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Adding an item to a drop down list

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Posted on by CU06081219-0 8
Hi,
I'm struggling with something really simple but I just keep getting errors. I have a power app with a drop down list to select a person in the team, the drop down list is linked to a sharepoint group. I want to add an option of "Unknown" without adding it to the sharepoint group. I've tried a few things in the code but nothing is working. The code for Items is:
 
Sort(
    ForAll(
        Filter(
            Office365Groups.ListGroupMembers("**sharepoint group**").value,
            Or(
            "@gmail.com" in mail,
            "@gmail.de" in mail
            )
        ),
        {
         Claims:"i:0#.f|membership|" & Lower(mail),
         Department: "",
         DisplayName: displayName,
         Email: mail,
         JobTitle: "",
         Picture: ""
        }
    ),
DisplayName)
 
What do I need to add to this code to make it work?
Thanks for any help
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  • WarrenBelz Profile Picture
    WarrenBelz 148,859 Most Valuable Professional on at
    Adding an item to a drop down list
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  • WarrenBelz Profile Picture
    WarrenBelz 148,859 Most Valuable Professional on at
    Adding an item to a drop down list
    Firstly, you cannot use ListGroupMembers with a SharePoint Group - it needs to be an Office365 group, This should work with the Id of that group type. Please note in particular the Case sensitivity of displayName. 
    Sort(
   Table(
      Filter(
         Office365Groups.ListGroupMembers("Office365GrpupId").value,
         Or(
            "@gmail.com" in mail,
            "@gmail.de" in mail
         )
      ),
      {
         displayName: "Unknown",
         mail: Blank()
      }
   ),
   displayName
)
     
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  • CU06081219-0 Profile Picture
    CU06081219-0 8 on at
    Adding an item to a drop down list
    Thank you, I have tried this but have an error
  • Infamous_Let Profile Picture
    Infamous_Let 269 on at
    Adding an item to a drop down list
    To add an “Unknown” option without touching your SharePoint group, you just need to append a manual record to your list. The trick is using Table(...) & Table(...) to combine your existing results with the extra one you want.
     
    Sort(
    Table(
        ForAll(
            Filter(
                Office365Groups.ListGroupMembers("**sharepoint group**").value,
                Or(
                    "@gmail.com" in mail,
                    "@gmail.de" in mail
                )
            ),
            {
                Claims: "i:0#.f|membership|" & Lower(mail),
                Department: "",
                DisplayName: displayName,
                Email: mail,
                JobTitle: "",
                Picture: ""
            }
        )
    ) & Table(
        {
            Claims: "",
            Department: "",
            DisplayName: "Unknown",
            Email: "",
            JobTitle: "",
            Picture: ""
        }
    ),
    DisplayName
)

    This adds “Unknown” as another selectable option in the dropdown, and it’ll show up alphabetically. 

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