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Rename Column error
Hi jfollen ,
amitchandak said it well.
According to the error screenshot you provided, the error is displayed because the name is already used by the measure. Please use a different name.
Make sure there are no hidden measures or calculated columns with the same name as the column you are trying to assign. Power BI does not allow duplicate names for columns, measures, and tables in the same report.
Did you rename the column in the "Data" view? If renaming directly in the Data view causes problems, try using the Power Query editor to rename the column. This can sometimes bypass conflicts found in the "Data" view.
Please follow these step:
1. Home>Transform Data>Open the Power Query Editor, find the column you want to rename, right-click on it and select Rename.
2. Enter a new name, making sure it is unique in the dataset.
3. Close and Apply.
If you have any further questions please feel free to contact me.
Best Regards,
Yang
Community Support Team
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If I misunderstand your needs or you still have problems on it, please feel free to let us know. Thanks a lot!
Thank you amitchandak and Anonymous for your responses, the suggestions make perfect sense. However, this is a report I've worked on for a long time and I am getting this error now with any column I click on across any table...even for those I haven't transformed or renamed in months (or ever). I can try renaming/refactoring, but this feels more like a system bug to me and I was curious if others had experienced something similar. Thanks again. Jim
Same issue as I am having. I'm not trying to change the name. Just clicking out of a calculated column causes this, even when I have not made any changes.
