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Trying to clear a field but get error 422 Unprocessable Entity / invalid record ID

  • April 9, 2025
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Hey there I try to clear multiple fields in a table but get only the error 422 Unprocessable Entity.
I tried diffrent thing like “null” value or empty string but it always say that 

  • type: INVALID_RECORD_ID,
  • message: Value "" is not a valid record ID.

or

  • type: INVALID_RECORD_ID,
  • message: Value “null” is not a valid record ID.

 

 

{
    "base_id": "app79o7utxxxxxxxx",
    "table_id": "tblX72VLbxxxxxxxx",
    "id": "recFiGciCKxxxxxxxx",
    "multi__fld6r4S3eOxxxxxxxx": [
        {
            "id": []
        }
    ]
}

 

tried also an empty array because in the forum here was also something like this as solution but it also not worked

 

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hwmedhin
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  • August 6, 2025

Hey ​@Derik_WorkatoUser! Thanks for submitting such a great question! Because your question hasn't yet received an answer/solution from the Community, we've created s support case on your behalf with our Airtable Expert Team to get you the quickest response possible. Please check your email for follow-up and your case reference number—and continue to follow this thread as new community members tend to share answers and add knowledgeable responses regularly.


airvues
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  • August 7, 2025

Hi ​@Derik_WorkatoUser ,

I hope your are well and hopefully you were able to figure this out. In case you haven’t yet, the issue is that you're passing an object with an empty array as the id property. Airtable thinks the empty array as an invalid recordID. You could try not adding the “id” : [] and do this instead:

{
    "base_id": "app79o7utxxxxxxxx",
    "table_id": "tblX72VLbxxxxxxxx", 
    "id": "recFiGciCKxxxxxxxx",
    "multi__fld6r4S3eOxxxxxxxx": []
}