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Sharepoint list column names change after reset

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On app restart, the property/column/field names of my record, "SelectedRequest", changes to names that are different from the names of the referenced sharepoint list column names (e.g. 'Created By' -> 'Author', ' Trip Purpose' -> 'TripPurpose', 

'Destination: DailyExpenses'.Value -> 'Destination_x003a__x0020_DailyEx.Value').

 

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"SelectedRequest" is an output property of a component, which is a sharepoint list item as a record type. Only when I go to this property and try to reference the fields of this record, the field names finally update to the correct names reflected in sharepoint list. 

How do i fix this so the correct record names that match the sharepoint list column names are instantiated on app start?

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  • WarrenBelz Profile Picture
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    Hi @q2 ,

    It is actually the same name and was originally (at the start of Power Apps) the way that field names with spaces and special characters needed to be referred to. _x0020_ is a space and _x003a_ is a colon :  - they are the hex values (20/3a) of those characters and still form the underlying field name.

    You still should be able to refer to the field as 'Destination: DailyExpenses'.Value) but a better practice is to not use spaces or special characters in your field names, however another possible issue here - are these secondary fields in a SharePoint Lookup column ? If so, any queries on these are not Delegable and there are far better ways of accessing them.

     

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