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Sharepoint internal column names prefixed with “field_”
I build quite a few large lists from excel files in Sharepoint Online. Recently I noticed that when doing this it prefixes all of the internal column names with “field_”. So if I have a column in the ...
I'm dealing with this as well lately and it's EXTREMELY annoying as it just about makes the process useless. Why is it in one part of my Power App it can recognize the columns by their display names but in others it only does by their internal name? The only workaround is to rename all of the columns (I append "_OLD" to the end), create new columns and position them next to the old, copy all row data from old column to new using grid view, then delete the original pre-fixed columns.
Thank you Microsoft, with a MASSIVE sarcastic thank you...