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Modified Column header broke my flow

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Posted on 14 Mar 2025 19:07:28 by TH-14031903-0 2
Hi there, 
First time posting here, and only about a week into building flows.  
I have created a fetching tool for my team that allows the quick query of a sharepoint site list
I had to modify a column header that contained a space and a special character (not made by me) 
However after making this change I cannot access the column because my flow says the new name 'VendorID' is not valid.  
 
I am guessing there is some schema somewhere that governs this data connection.  Is there some way to force it to update?
 
I modified this hours ago
 
 
thank you for any guidance
 
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Business Process Flows
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    Michael E. Gernaey 36,029 Super User 2025 Season 1 on 14 Mar 2025 at 20:30:49
    Modified Column header broke my flow
     
    When you create a SharePoint field, (aka column), when you type in the Name Label (just text) and if you put a Space in it, then the real name, the actual Schema name in the back end, will have the space character.
     
    So if you have My Column Name Is, the real name would be My_EnCodeSpaceChars_Column_EnCodeSpaceChars_Name_EnCodeSpaceChars_Is
     
    because its all based on web protocol so the real name cannot have any spaces as it gets populated etc.
     
    so when you changed it, aka I guess you recreated the field without a space, you changed the actual name. So anything that was created before will not see the same column, they will see a missing required field and some new field it doesn't know anything about.
     
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    TH-14031903-0 2 on 14 Mar 2025 at 20:14:43
    Modified Column header broke my flow
    Apparently, the solution was to rip out all of my get functions completely, save it, and then rebuild them all, and all the items, again.  
     
    Thank you @David_MA for the quick reply, I will include screenshots in the future if I hit a roadblock
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    David_MA 9,770 Super User 2025 Season 1 on 14 Mar 2025 at 19:51:11
    Modified Column header broke my flow
    To assist you better with your Power Automate issue, please provide a screenshot of your flow, highlighting the configured actions. If you encounter any errors, indicate which action failed and include the error message(s). This will help us diagnose the problem more effectively. Thank you!

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