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Excel fields appearing as field_1, field_2 etc. instead of named fields

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I'm new to PowerApps. I'm following a tutorial to create a Power App using a SharePoint list as a data source.

 

The SharePoint list itself was created from an Excel file.

 

The Excel file has proper names. E.g. First Name, Age, Date of Birth, Major, etc.

 

The SharePoint list also gets created with the correct names.

 

However, the fields in Power Apps have names like field_1, field_2, field_3, etc. But when I type ThisItem., I get the proper names e.g. ThisItem.Major.

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Does anyone understand what is going on here? Why is it that when I click on Fields, I get field_1 instead of Major? And what is ThisItem? Is it the control or a data field inside Power Apps?

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    WarrenBelz Profile Picture
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    Hi @Zesty404 ,

    Yes unfortunately - one of the consequences of creating a list from Excel is the underlying field names form this pattern. To fix, you need to re-recrate the list (blank) with the field names you need - you can then paste in the Excel data in a Grid View (make sure the fields line up and do about 100 at a time). If you have a larger amount of records, there is also a Power Automate solution.

     

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