Power Apps Patch function with SharePoint

Patch function – modify or create one or more records in a data source

Patch Syntax

Create record in data source

Patch(DataSource, Defaults(DataSource), {Record}

Update record in data soure

Patch(DataSource, Item, {Record})

SharePoint Columns Patch syntax

Choice Column

{Value: "choice value"}

Person Column

{
  Claims: Concatenate(
          "i:0#.f|membership|",
          User().Email // Person email
          ),
          Department: "",
          DisplayName: User().FullName,
          Email: User().Email, // Person email
          JobTitle: "",
          Picture: ""
}

Lookup column

{
     Value: "val 1", // Value of lookup column
     Id: 2 // Id of lookup column
}

Multi Select Choice column

Table(
        {Value: "choice value 1"},
        {Value: "choice value 2"} // keep adding multiple choices
   )

*Can also use a collection to patch the choice column

ClearCollect(colChoices,{Value: "choice value 1"}, {Value: "choice value 2"})

or

Get data to patch from a combo box. Load the combo box directly from the choice column of SharePoint using

Choices(DataSource.ColumnName)

Multi Select Lookup column

Table(    
      {
         Value: "val 1", // Value of lookup column
         Id: 1 // Id of lookup column
      },        
      {
         Value: "val 2", // Value of lookup column
         Id: 2 // Id of lookup column
      }  // keep adding multiple lookup values
   )

*Can also use a collection to patch the lookup column

 ClearCollect(colLookupValues,{Value: "val 1",Id:1}, {Value: "val 2",Id:2}) 

or

Get data to patch from a combo box. Load the combo box directly from the lookup column of SharePoint using

Choices(DataSource.ColumnName) 

Yes/No column

 1  // Yes value. For No value use false

Managed Metadata column

{
      Label: "label",
      Path: "",
      TermGuid: "d30784d3-f4dc-46e2-b3ed-577b9ae5bea9",// Replace with term guid
      Value: "",
      WssId: 0
}