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Using Profile 2 with Entity Reference–How to display the user name and not the "Profile Name"

I’ve reviewed the threads similar to this, and can’t seem to find a definitive answer. I have a Content Type in Drupal 7 where I want to be able to associate multiple users to a content item. For example, I have a “Music Ensemble” content type, and I want the ensemble leader to be able to select all of their ensemble members from the list of user profiles.

I’ve been through all the steps to configure a view with the Entity Reference Widget, and add / configure the Entity Reference field on my content type. When I go to create a content item, the View loads, displays the correct profile fields and allows me to select users.

However, when I submit the view form and return to the content UI, I get the following:

ensemble widget

The “Main profile” text is displayed for every member I select. What I really want to display on the content item is the user’s name from their profile.

I can’t seem to find a way to configure around this. Is this simply a limitation of the Entity Reference / Profile 2 relationship, or is there something I’m missing that could solve this? I can figure things out on the front-end display with Views, but this is rather challenging for someone unfamiliar with content authoring (which most of my authors are).

Thanks in advance for any help.

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