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Tori_Klein
5 - Automation Enthusiast
5 - Automation Enthusiast

Hi, I copied Airtable’s Currency Conversion Import script and kept everything the same except renamed the table and fields to the following:

const table = base.getTable(‘Currencies & Exchange Rates’);
const conversion_field = ‘USD → Currency (Non-Static)’
const currency_code_field = ‘Currency’;

I’m currently getting the following error message when I try to run the script:
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What’s the issue here and how can I fix this? I have extremely limited JavaScript skills, I only know what I’ve used by copying other template scripts. Pasting the full script below in case helpful.

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Sam_Cederwall
7 - App Architect
7 - App Architect

I would suspect that this is because someone has put permissions on your ‘USD -> Currentcy (Non-Static)’ field.

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If you right click a field, a dropdown, such as the one above, will pop up and if you click “Edit field permissions”, you can see what kind of controls have been placed on your field.

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If you’re not able to change this, I would contact the creator of the base and request they change the permissions.

Hope this helps. Good luck!

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Sam_Cederwall
7 - App Architect
7 - App Architect

I would suspect that this is because someone has put permissions on your ‘USD -> Currentcy (Non-Static)’ field.

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If you right click a field, a dropdown, such as the one above, will pop up and if you click “Edit field permissions”, you can see what kind of controls have been placed on your field.

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If you’re not able to change this, I would contact the creator of the base and request they change the permissions.

Hope this helps. Good luck!

Wow, I admittedly had not thought of that. That was the issue, thanks!