Inconsistent node behavior

[mwiegand]

Hi,

in regards to

Collection to String fails if no collection is present

Good morning, I happen to recognize a few node inconsistencies amongst which also surfaced. Whilst many nodes can be configured and execute even if not corresponding column type is present, the Collection to String can be configured but fails to execute. [Bildschirm­foto 2023-01-08 um 10.49.41] Suggestion In order to ensure workflows can proceed processing (soft fail), as data might not be consistently present or compliant, I’d like to suggest to add an option make make it default behavio…

I’d like to bring to your attention inconsistent node behaviors which break the execution of the workflow.

Several nodes, despite no matching column input type is present, can be configured and executed. Like:

Date&Time to String

However, other’s can’t be configured like:

Path to String

and some can be configured and executed but throwing a soft error like:

Number to String

Suggestion
In order to ensure workflows can proceed processing (soft fail), as data might not be consistently present or be compliant, I’d like to suggest to add an option make make it default behavior to not break if corresponding collection type columns are not present.

The workflow follows soon.

best
Mike

[mwiegand]

Adding to this: I also noticed some nodes offer a dedicated option to replace the columns or not. Some notes only can replace them.

[ScottF]

Hi @mwiegand -

Thanks for the detailed feedback. This issue is one that gets brought up from time to time. I can mention it to the developers again. No promises on when we might be able to make changes, of course.