Unable to reference SharePoint list in a component

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I have created a left navigation component using Gallery. I need to reference sharepoint list in the navigation component. I am unable to do so. May i know why?

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MS.Ragavendar 6,454 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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@Poweruser32490,

You cannot directly reference a SharePoint list inside a Power Apps component because components are designed to be modular and independent of specific app data sources. By default, a component does not "know" which SharePoint lists are connected to the main app

Use an Input Property
This is the standard way to send data to a component. You create a "door" (property) that allows the SharePoint list to flow from the app into the component.

Create an Input Property:

Go to your component settings.

Click + New custom property.

Set Property type to Input and Data type to Table.

Name it something like NavItems.

Connect the Gallery:

Inside the component, select your Gallery.

Set its Items property to ComponentYourName.NavItems.

Pass the SharePoint List:

Go back to the Screen where the component is placed.

Select the component instance.

In the NavItems property (which you just created), enter the name of your SharePoint list: 'YourSharePointListName'.

Sample Implementation :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chUjkDkQLJM

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Vish WR 609 on at

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Connection will not show inside the component UI. Even if you create a SharePoint connection, Power Apps does not explicitly display it within the component.

Once the connection is created at the app level, you need to use it in the correct property. However, components do not automatically expose or list available data sources like screens do.

For example, in a normal screen, if you go to a Gallery and set the Items property, when you start typing the SharePoint list name, Power Apps will suggest the data source and you can use it directly.

Note : Power Apps does not show or allow direct use of connections inside components — you must pass the data explicitly.

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You cannot reference SharePoint directly inside a component because:

Components are isolated and do not support direct data source connections

Correct solution:

Load data outside → pass into component via input property

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Hi @Poweruser32490,

When you say "I am unable to do so. " what it shows to prevent you? Any message(error/warnig)? If so, please post here.

The hard rule:

One of the reasons you cannot directly reference a SharePoint list inside a PowerApps component is due to how data sources are scoped and managed in components Instead, data sources must be connected at the app level (outside the component) and then passed into the component via input properties.

Steps you can follow:

In your main app or screen, add the SharePoint list as a data source.

Load the data into a collection (Collect or ClearCollect) or directly pass the SharePoint list to the component input property.

Create an input property in your component, e.g., NavigationItems of type Table.

Pass the SharePoint list or collection to this input property when you add the component to your screen.

Inside the component, set the Gallery’s Items property to this input property (NavigationItems).

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Poweruser32490 56 on at

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Hi @Haque,

My navigation component will have a Gallery which should be referencing the SharePoint list. The sharepoint list has a image, description (text column) and the navigation screen (text column) which it should navigate to.

May i know how to implement a component for the same?

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Hi @Poweruser32490,

Let's see if these steps can help:

Connect the SharePoint list as a data source in your main app (outside the component).

Create an input property in your component (e.g., NavigationItems) of type Table.

Pass the SharePoint list or a filtered collection from the main app to the component’s input property when you add the component to your screen. For example, MyNavigationComponent.NavigationItems = YourSharePointList //(YourSharePointList --what you have named it)

Inside the component, set the Gallery’s Items property to this input property: Gallery.Items = NavigationItems
Now, bind the Gallery controls to the respective fields:

For the image control: ThisItem.ImageColumnName

For the description label: ThisItem.DescriptionColumnName

For navigation, set the Gallery’s OnSelect property to navigate to the screen specified in the navigation column, for example: Navigate(LookUp(AppScreens, Name = ThisItem.NavigationScreenColumnName))
Note: Here, AppScreens is a collection or table you maintain mapping screen names to actual screen objects.

Let's me know if this works for you.

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