diff --git a/src/main/org/epics/archiverappliance/config/ConfigService.java b/src/main/org/epics/archiverappliance/config/ConfigService.java
index b8937c3ee..17fb30ce8 100644
--- a/src/main/org/epics/archiverappliance/config/ConfigService.java
+++ b/src/main/org/epics/archiverappliance/config/ConfigService.java
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ public enum WAR_FILE { MGMT, RETRIEVAL, ETL, ENGINE }
 	 * For automated PV submission, IOC engineers could add .VAL, fields, aliases etc.
 	 * This method attempts to return all possible PV's that the archiver could know about.
 	 * This is a lot of names; so we take in a consumer that potentially streams a name out as quickly as possible.
-	 * @return
+	 * @param func A consumer of pvNames
 	 */
 	public void getAllExpandedNames(Consumer<String> func);
 	
diff --git a/src/main/org/epics/archiverappliance/config/DefaultConfigService.java b/src/main/org/epics/archiverappliance/config/DefaultConfigService.java
index 45a99bbf7..7dbbf0156 100644
--- a/src/main/org/epics/archiverappliance/config/DefaultConfigService.java
+++ b/src/main/org/epics/archiverappliance/config/DefaultConfigService.java
@@ -2009,28 +2009,34 @@ public void getAllExpandedNames(Consumer<String> func) {
 		// Add fields and the VAL field
 		for(String pvName : allPVs) { 
 			func.accept(pvName);
-			func.accept(pvName + ".VAL");
-			PVTypeInfo typeInfo = this.getTypeInfoForPV(pvName);
-			if(typeInfo != null) { 
-				for(String fieldName : typeInfo.getArchiveFields()) { 
-					func.accept(pvName + "." + fieldName);
+			if(!PVNames.isField(pvName)) { 
+				func.accept(pvName + ".VAL");
+				PVTypeInfo typeInfo = this.getTypeInfoForPV(pvName);
+				if(typeInfo != null) { 
+					for(String fieldName : typeInfo.getArchiveFields()) { 
+						func.accept(pvName + "." + fieldName);
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
 		List<String> allAliases = this.getAllAliases();
 		for(String pvName : allAliases) { 
 			func.accept(pvName);
-			func.accept(pvName + ".VAL");
-			PVTypeInfo typeInfo = this.getTypeInfoForPV(pvName);
-			if(typeInfo != null) { 
-				for(String fieldName : typeInfo.getArchiveFields()) { 
-					func.accept(pvName + "." + fieldName);
+			if(!PVNames.isField(pvName)) { 
+				func.accept(pvName + ".VAL");
+				PVTypeInfo typeInfo = this.getTypeInfoForPV(pvName);
+				if(typeInfo != null) { 
+					for(String fieldName : typeInfo.getArchiveFields()) { 
+						func.accept(pvName + "." + fieldName);
+					}
 				}
 			}
 		}
 		for(String pvName : this.getArchiveRequestsCurrentlyInWorkflow()) { 
 			func.accept(pvName);
-			func.accept(pvName + ".VAL");
+			if(!PVNames.isField(pvName)) { 
+				func.accept(pvName + ".VAL");
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	
diff --git a/src/main/org/epics/archiverappliance/mgmt/bpl/UnarchivedPVsAction.java b/src/main/org/epics/archiverappliance/mgmt/bpl/UnarchivedPVsAction.java
index f6600d542..95cef2820 100644
--- a/src/main/org/epics/archiverappliance/mgmt/bpl/UnarchivedPVsAction.java
+++ b/src/main/org/epics/archiverappliance/mgmt/bpl/UnarchivedPVsAction.java
@@ -41,8 +41,7 @@ public class UnarchivedPVsAction implements BPLAction {
 	@Override
 	public void execute(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp, ConfigService configService) throws IOException {
 		logger.info("Determining PVs that are unarchived ");
-		LinkedList<String> pvNamesFromUser = PVsMatchingParameter.getPVNamesFromPostBody(req, configService);
-		Set<String> normalizedPVNames = new HashSet<String>(pvNamesFromUser);
+		Set<String> pvNamesFromUser = new HashSet<String>(PVsMatchingParameter.getPVNamesFromPostBody(req, configService));
 
 		Set<String> expandedNames = new HashSet<String>(); 
 		configService.getAllExpandedNames(new Consumer<String>(){
@@ -51,11 +50,11 @@ public void accept(String t) {
 				expandedNames.add(t);
 			} });
 		
-		normalizedPVNames.removeAll(expandedNames);
+		pvNamesFromUser.removeAll(expandedNames);
 		
 		resp.setContentType(MimeTypeConstants.APPLICATION_JSON);
 		try (PrintWriter out = resp.getWriter()) {
-			JSONValue.writeJSONString(new LinkedList<String>(normalizedPVNames), out);
+			JSONValue.writeJSONString(new LinkedList<String>(pvNamesFromUser), out);
 		}
 	}
 }