PL-900 Demonstrate the capabilities of Power Apps Practice Question
You have a canvas app that uses a SharePoint list as its data source. The app needs to filter records based on the current user's email. Which function should you use in the Items property of the gallery?
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Why each option matters
Answer the question above first, then reveal the full breakdown to understand why each option is right or wrong.
Correct answer & explanation
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Filter(SharePointList, Email = User().Email)
The User() function returns a record with the current user's details, including Email. Option A is incorrect because the Search function is used for searching text across multiple columns, not for filtering by exact match. Option B is incorrect because CurrentUser is not a valid function; the correct syntax is User().Email. Option D is incorrect because Lookup returns a single record, not a filtered set of records.
Answer analysis
Option-by-option breakdown
For each option: why learners choose it and why it is or isn't the right answer here.
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Search(SharePointList, User().Email, "Email")
Why it's wrong here
Search matches the email string anywhere in the Email column, returning records whose address merely contains the user's text rather than equalling it. It tempts because Search handles partial text matching, and would be right for a free-text lookup box, not exact user filtering.
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Filter(SharePointList, Email = CurrentUser.Email)
Why it's wrong here
CurrentUser is not a valid Power Apps function; the correct object is User(), so this formula errors and the gallery fails to load. It tempts because CurrentUser resembles constructs in other Microsoft tools, and would be right only if such a function existed for reading the signed-in profile.
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Filter(SharePointList, Email = User().Email)
Why this is correct
Filter with User().Email satisfies the requirement to filter SharePoint records by the signed-in user's email. User() returns the current user's profile, including Email, resolved at runtime from the authenticated session — here Microsoft Entra ID credentials — so the gallery's Items property returns only rows matching that address.
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Lookup(SharePointList, Email = User().Email)
Why it's wrong here
Lookup returns a single record, not a table, so it cannot populate a gallery's Items property. It tempts because Lookup does filter by a condition and returns matching data, and would be correct for retrieving one field from a single matching record.
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