This would work out to 1500 to 3000 seconds, which is 25-50 minutes (OMG!) solidly spent renaming controls. Unfortunately, most Forms have around 30 to 60 fields depending on complexity, which means 150 to 300 controls. = approx 4.5 minutes (which is fine, I’d do this example manually) If the list or datasource you are using has 5 fields, that’s going to be 25 controls. This can increase to 9 items if you are using Date/Time fields. In a form, each DataCard by default has around 5 items (including DataCard itself). You likely have a form with DataCards in your App or multiple controls that perform a similar function.

There’s 22 fields/columns, resulting in 110 controls, and 120 total controls in my small example Screen. So, this means, 10 seconds for every control I am renaming in this Screen if I am doing it manually. This is a really tiny App with a single datasource and no references to any other objects within the App: Here’s an example that took 10 seconds for one change. It then saves that renamed control back up to the cloud file) (Yes, I’m serious – when you rename a control, the editor checks ALL the references in the App that reference it.

What naming scheme you have used for your controls.

Realistically though, to rename one item, takes between 5 seconds and 15+ seconds, depending on: If the number of controls is low, that’s fine, just rename them. This recreates everything with _1 appended to the end of it. You have a screen full of forms and controls and you select the screen and choose Duplicate. (until such time as bulk-renaming is an option in the Editor itself) The Situation: Once you’ve done it once or twice it’s a massive timesaver. This is not a beginner-level method, but you will be able to follow it easily. This post will show you how to do Bulk Renaming of Duplicated Power Apps Controls.

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