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Make an Existing Site Column a Managed Metadata Column?
Hi All, I'm a new Sharepoint admin and I'm working to set up managed metadata at the site level. I'm trying to create a Managed Metadata column called 'City'. When I try to create the column under Si...
This happens when you try to use a column name that is already part of the "reserved" labels in the default metadata for SharePoint. The easiest way to solve this is to use a different column name - like ABCCity (where ABC is the name of the org and after you create it, you can add the space to make the column more readable). There could be other ways to do this programmatically, but if you want a way to do it that is quick and easy, this will work.