diff --git a/extensions/arc/notebooks/arcDeployment/deploy.arc.control.plane.ipynb b/extensions/arc/notebooks/arcDeployment/deploy.arc.control.plane.ipynb
index c3e3e219ad..d26ee63a24 100644
--- a/extensions/arc/notebooks/arcDeployment/deploy.arc.control.plane.ipynb
+++ b/extensions/arc/notebooks/arcDeployment/deploy.arc.control.plane.ipynb
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
                 "os.environ[\"DOCKER_PASSWORD\"] = arc_docker_password\n",
                 "if os.name == 'nt':\n",
                 "    print(f'If you don\\'t see output produced by azdata, you can run the following command in a terminal window to check the deployment status:\\n\\t {os.environ[\"AZDATA_NB_VAR_KUBECTL\"]} get pods -A')\n",
-                "run_command(f'azdata arc dc create --connectivity-mode {arc_data_controller_connectivity_mode} -n {arc_data_controller_name} -ns {arc_data_controller_namespace} -s {arc_subscription} -g {arc_resource_group} -l {arc_data_controller_display_location} -p {arc_profile}')\n",
+                "run_command(f'azdata arc dc create --connectivity-mode {arc_data_controller_connectivity_mode} -n {arc_data_controller_name} -ns {arc_data_controller_namespace} -s {arc_subscription} -g {arc_resource_group} -l {arc_data_controller_location} -p {arc_profile}')\n",
                 "print(f'Azure Arc Data controller cluster: {arc_data_controller_name} created.') "
             ],
             "metadata": {
@@ -247,4 +247,4 @@
             "execution_count": null
         }
     ]
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/extensions/resource-deployment/src/ui/modelViewUtils.ts b/extensions/resource-deployment/src/ui/modelViewUtils.ts
index c6c04fa638..2aba1e161b 100644
--- a/extensions/resource-deployment/src/ui/modelViewUtils.ts
+++ b/extensions/resource-deployment/src/ui/modelViewUtils.ts
@@ -1052,13 +1052,14 @@ async function processAzureLocationsField(context: AzureLocationsFieldContext):
 			label: label.value!,
 			variableName: context.fieldInfo.locationVariableName
 		});
+		context.onNewInputComponentCreated(context.fieldInfo.locationVariableName, { component: locationDropdown });
 	}
 	if (context.fieldInfo.displayLocationVariableName) {
 		context.fieldInfo.subFields!.push({
 			label: label.value!,
 			variableName: context.fieldInfo.displayLocationVariableName
 		});
-		context.onNewInputComponentCreated(context.fieldInfo.displayLocationVariableName, { component: locationDropdown });
+		context.onNewInputComponentCreated(context.fieldInfo.displayLocationVariableName, { component: locationDropdown, inputValueTransformer: (value => azurecoreApi.getRegionDisplayName(value)) });
 	}
 	addLabelInputPairToContainer(context.view, context.components, label, locationDropdown, context.fieldInfo);
 	return locationDropdown;