diff --git a/frontend/src/views/dataset/data/utils.js b/frontend/src/views/dataset/data/utils.js
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+export function getFieldName(fields, name) {
+  let n = name
+  n = n + '_copy'
+  for (let i = 0; i < fields.length; i++) {
+    const field = fields[i]
+    if (field.name === n) {
+      n = getFieldName(fields, n)
+    }
+  }
+  return n
+}