People Picker field - InfoPath Dev Sign in | Join | Help in Browser Forms InfoPath (Entire Site) InfoPath Dev InfoPath Dev is dedicated to bringing you the information and tools you need to be successful in your Microsoft Office InfoPath development projects. Home Blogs Forums Photos Downloads InfoPath Dev » InfoPath » Browser Forms » People Picker field People Picker field Last post 07-13-2018 09:01 AM by Hilary Stoupa. 8 replies. Page 1 of 1 (9 items) Sort Posts: Oldest to newest Newest to oldest Previous Next 07-10-2018 09:16 AM JohnSM Joined on 06-19-2018 Denver, CO Posts 48 People Picker field Reply Contact I have a SP List with a 'Person or Group' field. After the form is submitted by email, the Person/Group field is blank. I set it as Cannot be Blank, but the field contents don't get submitted.Ideas? Thanks for any tips or suggestions. 07-12-2018 08:36 AM In reply to Hilary Stoupa Joined on 06-20-2008 Posts 13,297 Re: People Picker field Mark as Not AnswerMark as Answer... Reply Contact So - it is blank in the email? Or blank when you reopen the list item? Hilary Stoupa 07-12-2018 12:29 PM In reply to JohnSM Joined on 06-19-2018 Denver, CO Posts 48 Re: People Picker field Mark as Not AnswerMark as Answer... Reply Contact The field in the email is blank. The List shows the name. 07-12-2018 12:45 PM In reply to JohnSM Joined on 06-19-2018 Denver, CO Posts 48 Re: People Picker field Mark as Not AnswerMark as Answer... Reply Contact I set the field 'Cannot be Blank' but in the email that field is still blank. 07-12-2018 02:06 PM In reply to Hilary Stoupa Joined on 06-20-2008 Posts 13,297 Re: People Picker field Mark as Not AnswerMark as Answer... Reply Contact I'd guess the people picker is just not displaying correctly in the email. If you show the advanced view of the schema in the fields task pane in InfoPath, you should be able to add a calculated value for the Display Name in the people picker - I'd do that and see if it shows correctly in the email. If it does, you could add some form logic to show / hide the control when emailing. Hilary Stoupa 07-13-2018 05:50 AM In reply to JohnSM Joined on 06-19-2018 Denver, CO Posts 48 Re: People Picker field Mark as Not AnswerMark as Answer... Reply Contact If I click the dropdown for DisplayName in advanced view and select More, it says 'some controls have been hidden because they are not supported by InfoPath Form Services'. I don't see the People/Group field in that dropdown. 07-13-2018 08:08 AM In reply to Hilary Stoupa Joined on 06-20-2008 Posts 13,297 Re: People Picker field Mark as Not AnswerMark as Answer... Reply Contact From the controls pane, select a calculated value control. From the formula editor, select the main data source. Be sure it is showing in the advanced view. Navigate to the display name field for your people picker and select it. Hilary Stoupa 07-13-2018 08:40 AM In reply to JohnSM Joined on 06-19-2018 Denver, CO Posts 48 Re: People Picker field Mark as Not AnswerMark as Answer... Reply Contact OK, that worked. The name shows up in the email, but why doesn't it work w/o the calculated field? Thanks again for your help! 07-13-2018 09:01 AM In reply to Hilary Stoupa Joined on 06-20-2008 Posts 13,297 Re: People Picker field Mark as Not AnswerMark as Answer... Reply Contact Emailed form views are finicky. I've had a number of controls not render correctly, tables look wacky, and so on. Could be that People Pickers are just in the realm of "controls that don't render nicely in email". :-) Hilary Stoupa Page 1 of 1 (9 items) Copyright © 2003-2019 Qdabra Software. All rights reserved.View our Terms of Use.
I have a SP List with a 'Person or Group' field. After the form is submitted by email, the Person/Group field is blank. I set it as Cannot be Blank, but the field contents don't get submitted.
Ideas? Thanks for any tips or suggestions.
The field in the email is blank. The List shows the name.
I set the field 'Cannot be Blank' but in the email that field is still blank.
If I click the dropdown for DisplayName in advanced view and select More, it says 'some controls have been hidden because they are not supported by InfoPath Form Services'. I don't see the People/Group field in that dropdown.
OK, that worked. The name shows up in the email, but why doesn't it work w/o the calculated field?
Thanks again for your help!