diff --git a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/AppResources/Editor.tsx b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/AppResources/Editor.tsx
index f09c0ee09da..41a2fcd560c 100644
--- a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/AppResources/Editor.tsx
+++ b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/AppResources/Editor.tsx
@@ -46,11 +46,23 @@ import { AppResourcesTab, useEditorTabs } from './Tabs';
 import { getScope } from './tree';
 import type { ScopedAppResourceDir } from './types';
 import { appResourceSubTypes } from './types';
+import { replaceViewsetNameInXml } from './xmlUtils';
 
 export const AppResourceContext = React.createContext<
   SpecifyResource<SpAppResource>
 >(undefined!);
 
+const syncViewsetNameInXml = (
+  data: string | null | undefined,
+  appResource: SpecifyResource<SpAppResource | SpViewSetObject>
+): string => {
+  const viewSet = toTable(appResource, 'SpViewSetObj');
+  const name = viewSet?.get('name');
+  if (typeof data !== 'string') return data ?? '';
+  if (typeof name !== 'string' || name.length === 0) return data;
+  return replaceViewsetNameInXml(data, name);
+};
+
 export function AppResourceEditor({
   resource,
   directory,
@@ -291,9 +303,13 @@ export function AppResourceEditor({
                   typeof lastDataRef.current === 'function'
                     ? lastDataRef.current()
                     : lastDataRef.current;
+                const syncedData = syncViewsetNameInXml(
+                  data === undefined ? resourceData.data : data,
+                  appResource
+                );
                 const appResourceData = deserializeResource({
                   ...resourceData,
-                  data: data === undefined ? resourceData.data : data,
+                  data: syncedData,
                   spAppResource:
                     toTable(appResource, 'SpAppResource')?.get(
                       'resource_uri'
diff --git a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/AppResources/EditorWrapper.tsx b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/AppResources/EditorWrapper.tsx
index 32e9a169c07..a45b9ee21b7 100644
--- a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/AppResources/EditorWrapper.tsx
+++ b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/AppResources/EditorWrapper.tsx
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import type { AppResourcesOutlet } from './index';
 import { globalResourceKey } from './tree';
 import type { ScopedAppResourceDir } from './types';
 import { appResourceSubTypes } from './types';
+import { replaceViewsetNameInXml } from './xmlUtils';
 
 export function AppResourceView(): JSX.Element {
   return <Wrapper mode="appResources" />;
@@ -197,13 +198,6 @@ function useAppResource(
   );
 }
 
-/*
- * REFACTOR:
- * Split this function up.
- * Currently, the resource is not needed until subtype needs to be determined.
- * All the functionality that does not depend on resource should be part of a different
- * function.
- */
 function useInitialData(
   resource: SerializedResource<SpAppResource | SpViewSetObj>,
   initialDataFrom: number | undefined,
@@ -211,9 +205,14 @@ function useInitialData(
 ): string | false | undefined {
   return useAsyncState(
     React.useCallback(async () => {
+      const replaceViewsetName = (data: string | null | undefined): string => {
+        const resourceName = (resource as any)?.name ?? '';
+        return replaceViewsetNameInXml(data, resourceName);
+      };
+
       if (typeof initialDataFrom === 'number')
         return fetchResource('SpAppResourceData', initialDataFrom).then(
-          ({ data }) => data ?? ''
+          ({ data }) => replaceViewsetName(data ?? '')
         );
       else if (typeof templateFile === 'string') {
         if (templateFile.includes('..'))
@@ -224,7 +223,7 @@ function useInitialData(
           return ajax(`/static/config/${templateFile}`, {
             headers: {},
           })
-            .then(({ data }) => data ?? '')
+            .then(({ data }) => replaceViewsetName(data))
             .catch(() => '');
       }
       const subType = f.maybe(
@@ -239,11 +238,9 @@ function useInitialData(
         if (useTemplate)
           return ajax(getAppResourceUrl(type.name, 'quiet'), {
             headers: {},
-          }).then(({ data }) => data);
+          }).then(({ data }) => replaceViewsetName(data));
       }
       return false;
-      // Run this only once
-      // eslint-disable-next-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
     }, [initialDataFrom, templateFile]),
     false
   )[0];
diff --git a/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/AppResources/xmlUtils.ts b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/AppResources/xmlUtils.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a64dd02f6fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/specifyweb/frontend/js_src/lib/components/AppResources/xmlUtils.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Shared utilities for XML manipulation in AppResources
+export const escapeXml = (value: string): string =>
+  value
+    .replaceAll('&', '&amp;')
+    .replaceAll('<', '&lt;')
+    .replaceAll('>', '&gt;')
+    .replaceAll('"', '&quot;');
+
+// Replace the viewset name attribute in XML content
+export const replaceViewsetNameInXml = (
+  data: string | null | undefined,
+  resourceName: string
+): string => {
+  const xml = data ?? '';
+  if (typeof resourceName !== 'string' || resourceName.length === 0) return xml;
+  return xml.replace(
+    /(<viewset\b[^>]*\bname=)(")(.*?)\2/,
+    (_match, prefix, quote) =>
+      `${prefix}${quote}${escapeXml(resourceName)}${quote}`
+  );
+};