diff --git a/api/src/engine/connectors/exareme/converters.ts b/api/src/engine/connectors/exareme/converters.ts
index f81c8bd36dd495e844cea4f8ac9a388944f916ab..ec199f0bed958d3d19f9e593892ef83f5e4e2527 100644
--- a/api/src/engine/connectors/exareme/converters.ts
+++ b/api/src/engine/connectors/exareme/converters.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export const experimentInputToData = (data: ExperimentCreateInput) => {
     ((data.transformations?.length > 0 || data.interactions?.length > 0) && {
       single:
         data.transformations?.map((t) => ({
-          var_name: t.name,
+          var_name: t.id,
           unary_operation: t.operation,
         })) || [],
       interactions:
diff --git a/api/src/engine/models/experiment/input/experiment-create.input.ts b/api/src/engine/models/experiment/input/experiment-create.input.ts
index 8c8104a5746b4c307dd1a1ad32a34f8cc2408077..d52a179b876d842991be5f399c84da22f5ed4feb 100644
--- a/api/src/engine/models/experiment/input/experiment-create.input.ts
+++ b/api/src/engine/models/experiment/input/experiment-create.input.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { AlgorithmInput } from './algorithm.input';
 @InputType()
 export class FormulaTransformation {
   @Field()
-  name: string;
+  id: string;
 
   @Field()
   operation: string;