# Two fields' answers merged into one column in the responses table or CSV

**What you are seeing**

Two fields' answers merged into one column in the responses table or CSV.

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## Why it happens

Two fields on the same page share a Field ID. The index keys answers by Field ID, so the later field silently overwrites the earlier.

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## What to do

Give every field on a page a unique Field ID. The auto-slug from the Label produces duplicates whenever two fields share a label.

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## Limits that apply here

| **Limit**                 | **Value**         | **What happens**                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| ------------------------- | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Indexed property size cap | 28,000 characters | The per-page index of answers is capped. Over the cap, multi-value answers are first truncated to their first 5 entries; then whole forms are dropped from the index; and if it still will not fit, the |

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