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AddColumns error - Column name already exists

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Posted on by SShivi

I am trying to add some columns to a collection using the AddColumns function. The second argument - Column Name - returns the error: "Column name already exists".

It has started happening recently. Previously the same code was working fine.

Here is the syntax:

Clearcollect(col_bills, AddColumns(Gallery.AllItems,"NewColumn", "TestVal"))

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victorcp 2,350 Moderator on at

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Hi,

Problably you already have that column, if you want to override it, you can do this:

ClearCollect(col_bills, AddColumns(DropColumns(Gallery.AllItems,"NewColumn"),"NewColumn", "TestVal"))

But I suggest changing the name of NewColumn.

I hope it helps 🙂

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sahana_23 46 on at

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Hii, Can you use this formula and try it once,
ClearCollect(col_bills, AddColumns(Gallery.AllItems,"NewColumn" & Text(Rand()), "TestVal"))

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iAm_ManCat 18,256 Most Valuable Professional on at

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@sahana_23 That is not a valid Power Apps formula, the column name has to be a text literal - plus even if you could add a random value to the column name after every time you collect something, then you will never be able to refer to that column name in your App as it will change every time

Did you try this formula yourself or is this what the AI suggested - AI models are currently particularly bad at PowerFx, so I would not recommend using them for PowerFx

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