# ODK Meta - Repeat Groups not merging

**URL:** <https://forum.getodk.org/t/odk-meta-repeat-groups-not-merging/15308>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [September 20, 2018, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/odk-meta-repeat-groups-not-merging/15308 "2018-09-20T16:04:14Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 1:56am UTC](https://forum.getodk.org/t/odk-meta-repeat-groups-not-merging/15308/24 "2021-05-07T01:56:05Z")

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I'm not sure I've ever seen this error message outside the context of duplicate variable names. I'm not sure what the issue is, but looking at the output, it seems that `Q112a` may have all missing values. Maybe `split` can't be run on such a variable? (Is it expected that no data was collected for that variable?)

If that's the case about `split`, then the logic in the do-file will need to change slightly. I'll think more about how to modify that logic. I think a workaround for now would be to remove `Q112a` from your XLSForm before exporting the `survey` sheet to CSV. Then the do-file won't recognize `Q112a` as `select_multiple` and won't try to `split` it.

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