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Error: The field "[fieldname]" was renamed conflicting with an existing field name

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Environment Details

 
  • Alteryx Designer
    • All versions
  • Append Fields
  • CReW Ensure Fields
  • Find Nearest
  • Join
  • Join Multiple
  • Select
  • Spatial Match


Cause


In tools with an embedded select, it is possible to rename multiple variables with the same name. 

 


 

Resolution

 

Make sure that each variable has a unique name. In the case where you are renaming a field that already has that name, the duplicate will be renamed by appending the copy number; in the example in the third image below, the duplicate [ZIP] was renamed [ZIP2]. 



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