# Internal Values Formatting

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/internal-values-formatting/85329>\
**Category:** Tips, Tricks & Best Practices\
**Tags:** professional\
**Created:** [July 14, 2023, 1:16am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/internal-values-formatting/85329 "2023-07-14T01:16:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mike\_Eastwood](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/mike_eastwood/32/70075_2.png) [@Mike\_Eastwood](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Mike_Eastwood)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2023, 1:54am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/internal-values-formatting/85329/2 "2023-07-14T01:54:16Z")

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Hi @SWandell7

HubSpot will automatically format a Property Label (e.g. _Temporary Order ID_) to a Property Name, or Internal Name (e.g. _temporary\_order\_id_) by making everything lower case and swapping spaces, or punctuation with an underscore “\_”.

So, using your example, that would be “internal\_name”.

 ![Screen Shot 2023-07-06 at 10.39.13 AM.png](https://d2qpr2jzcazej7.cloudfront.net/original/2X/0/0d303fb87dbbf4e7a9716a5c1eca4aed42a65368.png)

Once the Internal Name is set it cannot be changed. But, you can change the Label.

So when I have a long property name I will use a short label to create the Internal name, then edit the Label to make it more self explanatory. For example in our CRM we have a Propety “Is a HubSpot Partner Agency” so I created a property “Is Partner” which created the Internal name “is\_partner” then I edited the Label to “Is a HubSpot Partner Agency”.

Have fun

Mike

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