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SharePoint Lists - how to get Display names
When you load data from a SharePoint list, the columns are named using an "Internal" name rather than the "Display" name that exposed when interacting with SharePoint. Is there a recipe that can...
Seward12533
Solution Sage
Solution SageBest to handle in in PowerQuery when your importing the data. Its probably in an embeeded list or table that you need to expand or extract (there is a little icon on the top right of the column that looks like two upwards arrow pointing out. (see below)
If you still can't find it you will need to build and link a lookuptable - you can get a headstart by using CREATE TABLE on the Modeling menu and using List of IDs TEMP = VALUES(table[IDs]) to generate a unique list of values which you can copy and past into a new table with ENTER DATA from the Home tab and then add the mapping columns.