# Help with "Error: The survey sheet is either empty or missing important column headers"

**URL:** <https://forum.getodk.org/t/help-with-error-the-survey-sheet-is-either-empty-or-missing-important-column-headers/29459>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [August 25, 2020, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/help-with-error-the-survey-sheet-is-either-empty-or-missing-important-column-headers/29459 "2020-08-25T15:25:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![Grzesiek2010](https://getodk.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.getodk.org/grzesiek2010/32/2881_2.png) [@Grzesiek2010](https://forum.getodk.org/u/Grzesiek2010)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2020, 7:08am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/help-with-error-the-survey-sheet-is-either-empty-or-missing-important-column-headers/29459/4 "2020-08-26T07:08:11Z")

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Hi @Olimpia  
welcome to the forum! Please [introduce yourself here!](https://forum.getodk.org/t/introduce-yourself-here/6671)

the only problem I can see is that you have `label ::English` (blank space after label) instead of `label::English` after fixing that converting works fine.

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