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Use the line items created by a regex formatter with Airtable's find or create record

  • 19 September 2023
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craibuc
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I have a Zap with a new-email-message trigger.  Each email will have one or two IDs in the subject and a PDF attachment.  My goal is to create an airtable table record that contains the ID and the attachment.

I created a regex text formatter to split the subject into line items.  For example:

output
 1
   0 Y123456789
 2
   1 Z123456789

Next, I try to use these line items with Airtable’s “Find many records (with line item support)”.  I chose the desired field to search and output 0 and the search value.

Unfortunately, only one of the two records is actually created in Airtable.

What am I missing?

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Best answer by Troy Tessalone 19 September 2023, 22:01

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Troy Tessalone
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Hi @craibuc 

Good question.

Try using the Looping app to iterate thru each item: https://zapier.com/apps/looping/help

⚡ Troy Tessalone - AutomationAce.com | Premier Certified Zapier Expert | #1 Zapier Community Contributor
craibuc
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Here’s the results of the extract pattern, text formatter:

which is connected to the looping app:

 

Unfortunately, the loop only processes once, even when it’s published.

Am I mapping the values between the two steps correctly?

Troy Tessalone
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@craibuc 

Can you post screenshots with how your Formatter step is configured?

That’s because these are separate data points.

 

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craibuc
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the regular expression matches IDs that start with Y or Z, with numerical endings.  In the example, two IDs are identified.

Troy Tessalone
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@craibuc

Try using this Zap action: Formatter > Text > Split

 

OR

 

Try using a JavaScript Code step instead of a Formatter step.

 

CONFIG

 

CODE

let Set = inputData.Set.split(" ~ ");

output = [{Set}];

 

OUTPUT

 

⚡ Troy Tessalone - AutomationAce.com | Premier Certified Zapier Expert | #1 Zapier Community Contributor
craibuc
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That worked.  Thanks.

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