Airtable Script to update a linked field with a string

[Rob_Dixon]

Can you help.

I need to replace a linked field with a string - both in the same table. Here's my code:

The problem is on line 23.

If I run it as the following it works fine. However "YSW CC2" is a text field.

23        await mainTable.updateRecordAsync(record, {"YSW CC2": returnValue

If I run it as the following it comes up with the error below. "Contact Name " is a linked field.

23       await mainTable.updateRecordAsync(record, {"Contact Name": returnValue

If I try the format as suggested by @Karlstens Updating record Linked Field with a string array I still get the error.

23    await mainTable.updateRecordAsync(record, {"Contact Name": [{id:'${returnvalue}'}]

Can anyone help. I can't work out what I'm doing wrong.

Much appreciated 🙂

[Matthew_Carrano]

What type of field is Contact Name

[Rob_Dixon]

Contact Name    is a linked field. It's a String format

[Matthew_Carrano]

So the variable returnValue needs to be a record ID and you also just need to type returnValue not '${returnValue}'. To get the ID, just do rangeRecord.id

Also for future refence, the correct notation is  `${variableName}` not '${variableName}'