diff --git a/beat/web/reports/static/reports/app/directives/edit/tableFieldSelector.js b/beat/web/reports/static/reports/app/directives/edit/tableFieldSelector.js
index f3ac84adc688d70cdb29cbc589c353bde7444a1b..b16c7394463f24b72569ea8ce5bcb256fe8e8e57 100644
--- a/beat/web/reports/static/reports/app/directives/edit/tableFieldSelector.js
+++ b/beat/web/reports/static/reports/app/directives/edit/tableFieldSelector.js
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ angular.module('reportApp')
 
 				// converting to and from a Set is a simple way of
 				// removing dups
-				return Array.from(new Set(fieldArr));
+				const arr = Array.from(new Set(fieldArr));
+
+				return arr;
 			};
 
 			// has this fieldName already been processed?
@@ -101,12 +103,28 @@ angular.module('reportApp')
 				.filter(f => f.includes('.'))
 				.map(f => f.split('.')[0]);
 
-				return Array.from(new Set(groupNames)).sort((a, b) => groupNames.indexOf(a) - groupNames.indexOf(b));
+				const sorted = Array.from(new Set(groupNames))
+				.sort((a, b) => groupNames.indexOf(a) - groupNames.indexOf(b))
+
+				return sorted;
 			};
 
+			// finds the actual field name whether its in a field group or not
+			scope.groupName = (field) => field.includes('.') ? field.split('.')[0] : field;
+
 			// finds the actual field name whether its in a field group or not
 			scope.subfieldName = (field) => field.includes('.') ? field.split('.').slice(1).join('.') : field;
 
+			scope.shouldShowField = (fName, gName) => {
+				const isUnique = scope.isUniqueTableable(fName);
+				const isInGroup = scope.groupName(fName) == gName;
+
+				// console.log(`for field "${fName}" and group "${gName}":`);
+				// console.log(`isUnique: ${isUnique}; isInGroup: ${isInGroup}`);
+
+				return isUnique && isInGroup;
+			}
+
 			// toggle the selection of a field
 			scope.toggleField = (fName) => {
 				let idx = scope.colsSelected.indexOf(fName);
@@ -145,7 +163,7 @@ angular.module('reportApp')
 			<h4>{{ gName }}</h4>
 			<div
 				ng-repeat='fName in tableables()'
-				ng-if='isUniqueTableable(fName) && fName.startsWith(gName)'>
+				ng-if='shouldShowField(fName, gName)'>
 				<label>
 					<input
 						type='checkbox'