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Hi Smartsheet Form Expert,
I used "If other, please specify" conditional logic within my form.
Further down in my form, I tried to create a different field and add another "If other, please specify" conditional logic, but it wouldn't let me. I received an error message saying "Column name is already in use in this sheet."
Could you please take a look at this issue?
Thank you.
MLT
Best Answer
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What you're doing within the form is adding a new column to your sheet called "If other, please specify:". Since it already exists, you cannot create another one with the same name.
A workaround you could do would be to create another new column called "If other, please specify" without the : at the end. If you need another one after that, you could call it "If other, please specify." with a period at the end. If you need yet another, you could call it "If other, please specify..." with three dots at the end.
Point is, they need to each by a different named column and you can't reference the same "If other, please specify:" column multiple times in the form. Just once.
Answers
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What you're doing within the form is adding a new column to your sheet called "If other, please specify:". Since it already exists, you cannot create another one with the same name.
A workaround you could do would be to create another new column called "If other, please specify" without the : at the end. If you need another one after that, you could call it "If other, please specify." with a period at the end. If you need yet another, you could call it "If other, please specify..." with three dots at the end.
Point is, they need to each by a different named column and you can't reference the same "If other, please specify:" column multiple times in the form. Just once.
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Hi Mike TV,
Thank you so much for your guidance. That was very helpful!
MLT
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