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Power Automate showing 'field_#' instead of column names from SharePoint List

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Hello, 

 

I am trying to create an automation in Power Automate, but my automation does not want to recognize the majority of my column names. Currently, it has ~95% of them as 'Field_#'.

 

Anyone know how to fi this? Please let me know. 

 

    "body": {

        "SinceVersionExisted"true,

        "SinceVersionId"3584,

        "SinceVersionLabel""7.0",

        "UntilVersionIsCurrent"true,

        "UntilVersionId"4096,

        "UntilVersionLabel""8.0",

        "ColumnHasChanged": {

            "ID"false,

            "Title"false,

            "field_5"true,

            "field_6"false,

            "field_7"false,

            "field_8"false,

            "EnterReferenceDocumentationlinks"false,

            "field_11"false,

            "Haveyoualreadyengagedwiththe"false,

            "field_13"false,

            "field_14"false,

            "field_15"false,

            "field_16"false,

            "field_17"false,

            "field_18"false,

            "field_19"false,

            "field_20"false,

            "Whatisthesizeofthe"false,

            "field_23"false,

            "field_24"false,

            "field_25"false,

            "field_26"false,

            "Modified"true,

            "Created"false,

            "Author"false,

            "Editor"false,

            "ComplianceAssetId"false,

            "field_2"false,

            "field_3"false,

            "field_4"false,

            "field_9"false,

            "Have_x0020_you_x0020_already_x00"false

        }

    }

}
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  • Pstork1 Profile Picture
    69,127 Most Valuable Professional on at

    This is normally a symptom of a SharePoint lsit that was originally created from an Excel Spreadsheet.  In that case the internal field names are all created as Field followed by a sequential number and the display names are set to the column names in the Excel table.  But for your usage Power Automate uses the internal column names.  That's why you are getting the names you are getting.  There is no way to change that behavior if the list is created from an Excel table.

  • hawkwynd Profile Picture
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    Is there a way for Power Automate to create a SP list using an existing list, and naming the columns with the "human readable" names? Or is it a complete manual process of creating a list in SP with the column names?

  • Pstork1 Profile Picture
    69,127 Most Valuable Professional on at

    It can be done with a Power Automate flow or with PowerShell.  Here's an article that walks through a sample. Power Automate Create SharePoint List - Enjoy SharePoint

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