PATCH A SharePoint Person Column With Multiple People In Power Apps

Goal

Change the EmployeePeople column (Person Type) from blank to “Matthew Devaney”, “Sarah Green” and “David Johnson” in a SharePoint list.

Input

Project Tasks (SharePoint List)

ID	TaskName	DueDate	EmployeePeople
1	Write project plan	11/7/2020

Patch Function Code

Patch(
    'Project Tasks',
    LookUp('Project Tasks', ID=1),
    {
        EmployeePeople: Table(
          {
              '@odata.type':"#Microsoft.Azure.Connectors.SharePoint.SPListExpandedUser",
              Claims: "i:0#.f|membership|[email protected]",
              Department: "",
              DisplayName: "Matthew Devaney",
              Email: "[email protected]",
              JobTitle: "",
              Picture: ""
               
          },
          {
              '@odata.type':"#Microsoft.Azure.Connectors.SharePoint.SPListExpandedUser",
              Claims: "i:0#.f|membership|[email protected]",
              Department: "",
              DisplayName: "Sarah Green",
              Email: "[email protected]",
              JobTitle: "",
              Picture: ""
          },
          {
              '@odata.type':"#Microsoft.Azure.Connectors.SharePoint.SPListExpandedUser",
              Claims: "i:0#.f|membership|[email protected]",
              Department: "Technology",
              DisplayName: "David Johnson",
              Email: "djohnson@companyname",
              JobTitle: "",
              Picture: ""
          }
        )
    }
)

Output

Project Tasks (SharePoint List)

ID	TaskName	DueDate	EmployeePeople
1	Write project plan	11/7/2020	Matthew Devaney Sarah Green David Johnson

Scenario #1: ComboBox

Patch a value found in a combo box to a People field.

ComboBox Properties Code

Items:  Choices('PATCH Function Examples'.EmployeePeople)
DisplayFields: ["DisplayName"]
SearchFields: ["DisplayName"]

Patch Function Code

Patch(
    'Project Tasks',
    LookUp('Project Tasks', ID=1),
    {
        EmployeePeople: ComboBox_Person.SelectedItems
    }
)