Hi Yacine, thanks for your reply. I actually had an epiphany and thought what if i previously had a formula which relied on the "Model_Number" shape data field so i searched the shapesheet and lo and behold there was a User-defined Cell named User.CPMSetList which had a value of "Generic Hardware Data" and a prompt of ""[CPM11]Descriptor 1, Descriptor 2, Descriptor 3, Model Number" ...... i deleted that whole row and now it is not showing up anymore

i just googled User.CPMSetList to see if i will be allright to delete it and the first result was one of your posts on here "How to program Shape Data Sets - User.CPMSetList" from 2014

well, hope i dont break anythign by removing the line, thanks