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List of Internal Names for SharePoint Fields | SoftArtisans
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SHAREPOINT
LIST OF INTERNAL NAMES FOR SHAREPOINT
FIELDS
DECEMBER 8, 2009 | YEN
In order to reference a column or field using the the SharePoint object model, you often need to know
its internal name. For example, when creating a CAML query, you can specify the field on which to
search by providing its internal name. As opposed to the display name, which can be changed in the UI,
the internal name is immutable. While the default display name and the internal name are often identical or similar, they can also be very different. The difference isn’t always consistent. For example, spaces
in the display name can be removed, such as IsCheckedoutToLocal, or replaced with the hexadecimal
equivalent, such as HTML_x0020_File_x0020_Type. Furthermore, the display name can be the same for
more than one fields, so the internal name is the only way to distinguish between them.
You can quickly determine the internal name of a field using the UI:
1. Open the List Settings page
2. Under the Columns section, select a column to view the Edit Column page
3. The URL of this page includes the internal name in the query string. For example, the URL for the
Created By field includes the following query string
List=%7BF641CEF1%2DCDE2%2D49E1%2D9800%2D861A408EF890%7D&Field=Author. The value for the
Field parameter, Author, is the internal name for Created By.
However, this approach isn’t always convenient. If the column you want doesn’t already belong to the
list, you’d have to first add it.
For reference purpose, below is the list of the display name and corresponding internal name for the default fields of a Document Library.
TITLE
INTERNAL NAME
Approval Status
_ModerationStatus
Approver Comments
_ModerationComments
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Check In Comment
_CheckinComment
Checked Out To
CheckoutUser
Checked Out To
CheckedOutTitle
Checked Out To
LinkCheckedOutTitle
Content Type
ContentType
Content Type ID
ContentTypeId
Copy Source
_CopySource
Created
Created
Created
Created_x0020_Date
Created By
Author
Document Created By
Created_x0020_By
Document Modified By
Modified_x0020_By
Edit
Edit
Edit Menu Table End
_EditMenuTableEnd
Edit Menu Table Start
_EditMenuTableStart
Effective Permissions Mask
PermMask
Encoded Absolute URL
EncodedAbsUrl
File Size
File_x0020_Size
File Size
FileSizeDisplay
File Type
File_x0020_Type
GUID
GUID
Has Copy Destinations
_HasCopyDestinations
Html File Link
xd_ProgID
HTML File Type
HTML_x0020_File_x0020_Type
ID
ID
ID of the User who has the item Checked Out
CheckedOutUserId
Instance ID
InstanceID
Is Checked out to local
IsCheckedoutToLocal
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Is Current Version
_IsCurrentVersion
Is Signed
xd_Signature
Item Type
FSObjType
Level
_Level
Merge
Combine
Modified
Modified
Modified
Last_x0020_Modified
Modified By
Editor
Name
FileLeafRef
Name
LinkFilenameNoMenu
Name
LinkFilename
Name
BaseName
Order
Order
owshiddenversion
owshiddenversion
Path
FileDirRef
ProgId
ProgId
Property Bag
MetaInfo
Relink
RepairDocument
ScopeId
ScopeId
Select
SelectTitle
Select
SelectFilename
Server Relative URL
ServerUrl
Shared File Index
_SharedFileIndex
Source Name (Converted Document)
ParentLeafName
Source Url
_SourceUrl
Source Version (Converted Document)
ParentVersionString
Template Link
TemplateUrl
Title
Title
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Type
DocIcon
UI Version
_UIVersion
Unique Id
UniqueId
URL Path
FileRef
Version
_UIVersionString
Virus Status
VirusStatus
Workflow Instance ID
WorkflowInstanceID
Workflow Version
WorkflowVersion
In my case, I’m interested in the Name field. I wouldn’t have guessed that it would be mapped to
FileLeafRef.
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