# "Group" not accepted as metadata category

**URL:** <https://forum.qiime2.org/t/group-not-accepted-as-metadata-category/1590>\
**Category:** User Support\
**Tags:** sql, feature-table\
**Created:** [October 23, 2017, 7:03pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/group-not-accepted-as-metadata-category/1590 "2017-10-23T19:03:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![ebolyen](https://forum.qiime2.org/user_avatar/forum.qiime2.org/ebolyen/32/11_2.png) [@ebolyen](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/ebolyen)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 4:04pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/group-not-accepted-as-metadata-category/1590/9 "2018-02-16T16:04:16Z")

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In [QIIME 2 2018.2](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/qiime-2-2018-2-release-is-now-live/3063) this error now indicates that some of the columns may be reserved names (providing a URL to check) and suggests quoting them.

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