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Hi, Community.
Several months ago, I requested a bit of help regarding Zapier and error identification. The messages Zapier provides do not clearly indicate which specific field is causing the conflict.

I'm mainly referring to the connection with Monday.com, which, as you know, contains endless columns within a specific table or group — each with different data types.

My question is:
If Zapier is already connected to our account and transfers information without any issues, would it really be that difficult to identify which field is in conflict?

At the moment, with the error message Zapier provides, I have no choice but to analyze each column in Monday.com alongside the Zapier integration. It doesn’t seem logical to spend so much time on something that, in my opinion, would be fairly simple to implement and would greatly help many of us in our daily work.

I look forward to hearing your thoughts and possible solutions.
Thank you!!

 

Hi ​@JavierTech 

Most Zap step error messages you see in Zapier are simply returned from the app itself. (e.g. Monday)

Some apps have more explicit error messages to help the user troubleshoot.

In the Zap Run history log, for the Zap step with the error, check the LOGS tab, where you can see the underlying API request/response, which sometimes contains more info about the encountered error.

 

 

Totally feel your frustration on this dealing with Monday.com’s column structure inside Zapier can be a bit of a guessing game, especially when the error message just says “invalid value” without pointing to the exact column causing the hiccup.

The short answer is: yes, Zapier knows the request failed, but it doesn’t always get a detailed response back from Monday.com’s API about which column triggered it. Most of the time, the error message from Monday is too generic for Zapier to break it down further.

Here’s what I usually do when I hit this wall:

  • Go into the Monday.com board settings and double-check the column types.

  • Look at what the Zap is trying to send—dates, numbers, dropdowns, etc. and see if that aligns with what Monday expects.

  • Sometimes I just test sending values one column at a time (using custom Zap runs or Postman for faster pinpointing) to isolate the culprit.

Also, I’ve noticed certain fields like status, dropdown, or person columns need values in very specific formats (e.g., internal IDs or JSON strings)—not plain text. Their API docs are helpful once you get used to the formatting quirks.

Totally agree though it would save a LOT of time if Zapier could highlight the specific field. Maybe it’s something they’ll improve in the future with tighter error handling between the two platforms.

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