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Anonymous
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5 years ago
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merge queries - expression error

HI All, 

 

I've just trying to merge 2 queries. One is from sharepoint source the other is just a CSV. 

Im getting:

Expression.Error: We cannot convert the value "[Record]" to type List.
Details:
Value=[Record]
Type=[Type]

 

The colum im using to merge are unique codes in a one to many relationship. 

 

I'm not really sure where to look as this worked previously when I did CSV to CSV. 

 

Thanks

 

 

 

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Yes, i got there eventually. I expanded all the multi-row fields but it still wouldnt merge. I then tried merge to new and this worked perfectly. So it's all sorted now. 

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  • edhans's avatar
    edhans
    Community Champion
    5 years ago

    You are going to need to share screenshots or data for us to help. What has likely happened is the field you are merging on in SharePoint is not a text or numeric field, but a multi-row field. A multi-row field acts as a single value when there is only one row, but if the user adds a 2nd row by pressing ENTER in the dialog box, SP turns that value into list and that will merge. 

    But without screenshots it is hard to say. This is a data issue though, not a bug, and not likely anything you are doing wrong in the merge, it is just unexpected data structures messing it up.

    • Anonymous's avatar
      Anonymous
      Not applicable
      5 years ago

      Yes, i got there eventually. I expanded all the multi-row fields but it still wouldnt merge. I then tried merge to new and this worked perfectly. So it's all sorted now.