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Mar 01, 2020 07:33 AM
Attempting to test the sample Project design tasks block - get the following. Any ideas why?
The field is a string
Error: Can’t create records: invalid cell value for field ‘Design project’.
Cell value has invalid format: must be a string
at Mutations._assertMutationIsValid
Mar 01, 2020 01:09 PM
Hi Doug – what’s the type of the “Design project” field in your table?
Could you also paste the script you’re running here for easier debugging
Mar 01, 2020 01:25 PM
Thanks for the response. The script is the example from Fri’s webinar. All of the examples worked except for this one.
// pick tables from your base here
let projects = base.getTable('Design projects');
let tasks = base.getTable('Tasks');
// prompt the user to pick a template for our project
output.markdown('# New project');
let name = await input.textAsync('Project name');
// create the project - change the field name to one in your base
let projectId = await projects.createRecordAsync({
'Name': name,
});
// create the tasks - change the field names to ones from your base.
// the [{id: projectId}] links the newly created records back to our project
await tasks.createRecordsAsync([
{
fields: {
'Name': 'The first task',
'Design project': [{id: projectId}],
},
},
{
fields: {
'Name': 'Another task',
'Design project': [{id: projectId}],
},
},
{
fields: {
'Name': 'The final task',
'Design project': [{id: projectId}],
},
}
])
output.text('Done!');
This is the tasks table
This is the error code
ERROR
Error: Can't create records: invalid cell value for field 'Design project'.
Cell value has invalid format: <root> must be a string
at Mutations._assertMutationIsValid (https://cdn.airtableblocks.com/bbnvQSVM77xPXpYP3/bundle.js:1:577400)
at Mutations.applyMutationAsync$ (https://cdn.airtableblocks.com/bbnvQSVM77xPXpYP3/bundle.js:1:571074)
at tryCatch (https://cdn.airtableblocks.com/bbnvQSVM77xPXpYP3/bundle.js:1:1996567)
at Generator.invoke [as _invoke] (https://cdn.airtableblocks.com/bbnvQSVM77xPXpYP3/bundle.js:1:1996172)
at Generator.prototype.<computed> [as next] (https://cdn.airtableblocks.com/bbnvQSVM77xPXpYP3/bundle.js:1:1997465)
at tryCatch (https://cdn.airtableblocks.com/bbnvQSVM77xPXpYP3/bundle.js:1:1996567)
at invoke (https://cdn.airtableblocks.com/bbnvQSVM77xPXpYP3/bundle.js:1:1997721)
at https://cdn.airtableblocks.com/bbnvQSVM77xPXpYP3/bundle.js:1:1998206
at new Promise (<anonymous>)
at callInvokeWithMethodAndArg (https://cdn.airtableblocks.com/bbnvQSVM77xPXpYP3/bundle.js:1:1997629)
Mar 01, 2020 02:06 PM
I believe you need to change your “Design project” field in the “Tasks” table to be a Link to another record type, and linked to your “Design projects” table.
Right now that field is just a text field, so it can’t establish a linked record.
Mar 01, 2020 04:50 PM
The script worked perfectly when I did that.
Thank you
Mar 11, 2020 07:39 AM
HI - Hey, I figured it out … thanks for the follow up