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I have built a script which can create a DateField for a list. &nbsp;Works fine. &nbsp;However, &nbsp;I can only set the DisplayName and do not seem to be able to set the Internal Name. &nbsp;I have tried setting a StaticName in the xml as well, and when I look at the list, the column is there, but the internal name is not.<br />
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<pre><code id="code-10-29164066-1">$FieldXML= &quot;&lt;Field Type='DateTime' Name='$ColumnName' ID='$([GUID]::NewGuid())' DisplayName='$ColumnDisplayName' InternalName='$ColumnInternalName' Required ='TRUE' Format='DateOnly' FriendlyDisplayFormat='Disabled'&gt;&lt;/Field&gt;&quot;		

#Add DateTime Field to list
Add-PnPFieldFromXml -FieldXml $FieldXML -List &quot;SomeListName&quot;</code></pre>
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I have built a script which can create a DateField for a list.  Works fine.  However,  I can only set the DisplayName and do not seem to be able to set the Internal Name.  I have tried setting a StaticName in the xml as well, and when I look at the list, the column is there, but the internal name is not.

Here is the code:

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Add-PnPFieldXML how to add internal field name

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