# (q2-metadata) Unrecognized ID column name

**URL:** https://forum.qiime2.org/t/q2-metadata-unrecognized-id-column-name/25670
**Category:** Technical Support
**Tags:** metadata
**Created:** [March 5, 2023, 12:43pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/q2-metadata-unrecognized-id-column-name/25670 "2023-03-05T12:43:53Z")
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### Author: ![weirdxyf](https://forum.qiime2.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/e19adc/32.png) [@weirdxyf](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/weirdxyf)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2023, 12:43pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/q2-metadata-unrecognized-id-column-name/25670/1 "2023-03-05T12:43:54Z")

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Hello! 😳  
I installed qiime2 2022.11 one week ago through conda, now I have some trouble creating my feature table. I wrote my metadata file through online google sheets and checked it by keemei. Then I imported the file in .obs and turned it into .csv on my roommates' laptop(because microsoft is not activated in my laptop).

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### Author: ![crusher083](https://forum.qiime2.org/user_avatar/forum.qiime2.org/crusher083/32/9597_2.png) [@crusher083](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/crusher083)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2023, 2:51pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/q2-metadata-unrecognized-id-column-name/25670/2 "2023-03-05T14:51:07Z")

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Hello and welcome to :qiime2:!

Please, change the name of the first column according to options in the error message.

Cheers,  
V

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### Author: ![weirdxyf](https://forum.qiime2.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/e19adc/32.png) [@weirdxyf](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/weirdxyf)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/q2-metadata-unrecognized-id-column-name/25670/3 "2023-03-09T15:05:24Z")

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Does it mean I need to change 'SampleType、CatID、Days' to 'feature id、id、featureid'?  
I tried it , it doesn't work 😭

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### Author: ![crusher083](https://forum.qiime2.org/user_avatar/forum.qiime2.org/crusher083/32/9597_2.png) [@crusher083](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/crusher083)
#### Post date: [March 9, 2023, 3:05pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/q2-metadata-unrecognized-id-column-name/25670/4 "2023-03-09T15:05:49Z")

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First column name should be one from the list.

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### Author: ![system](https://forum-qiime2-org.s3.dualstack.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/original/3X/2/1/21af5fe23cb6f4579467c66a9ed94e55274ca7bd.svg) [@system](https://forum.qiime2.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 9, 2023, 9:06pm UTC](https://forum.qiime2.org/t/q2-metadata-unrecognized-id-column-name/25670/5 "2023-04-09T21:06:50Z")

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