# Error: 'Allow\_choice\_duplicates'

**URL:** <https://forum.getodk.org/t/error-allow-choice-duplicates/21440>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** odk-xlsform-offline, pyxform, odk-xlsform-online\
**Created:** [August 13, 2019, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/error-allow-choice-duplicates/21440 "2019-08-13T12:37:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![yanokwa](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/yanokwa/32/1695_2.png) [@yanokwa](https://forum.getodk.org/u/yanokwa)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2019, 5:36pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/error-allow-choice-duplicates/21440/16 "2019-09-24T17:36:22Z")

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@Greg You probably have a duplicate choice name in one or more of your choice lists. This is a new error that was added because choices with the same name will be impossible to differentiate in analysis.

You will need to either remove the duplicate choices or add `allow_choice_duplicates column` in your settings sheet and below that header write `yes`.

This is a not great error message and there is an issue at [https://github.com/XLSForm/pyxform/issues/373](https://github.com/XLSForm/pyxform/issues/373) to improve it.

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