# Cannot activate workflow **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions\ **Tags:** trigger, airtable\ **Created:** [February 27, 2023, 11:34pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/cannot-activate-workflow/23545 "2023-02-27T23:34:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![martin23](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/martin23/32/21818_2.png) [@martin23](https://community.n8n.io/u/martin23)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2023, 11:34pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/cannot-activate-workflow/23545/1 "2023-02-27T23:34:17Z")
Hi, manually the workflow runs. But If I want to activate it, it doesn’t work. ![Bildschirmfoto 2023-02-28 um 00.30.11](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/original/3X/5/2/521e7d1b2bfd4d7ed54027a2c6f3c6f7756c87bf.png) Any ideas? Thank you and best regards Martin ## Information on your n8n setup - **n8n version:** 0.215.1 - **Database you’re using (default: SQLite):** - **Running n8n with the execution process [own(default), main]:** own - **Running n8n via [Docker, npm, n8n.cloud, desktop app]:** Docker ---
**Author:** ![MutedJam](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/mutedjam/32/70851_2.png) [@MutedJam](https://community.n8n.io/u/MutedJam)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 12:59pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/cannot-activate-workflow/23545/2 "2023-03-01T12:59:45Z")
Hi @martin23, I am sorry for the trouble. This error message typically occurs when a trigger can’t register a webhook, but your workflow doesn’t seem to use any webhook-based trigger. Perhaps you can share your full workflow JSON? Do you see any error in the server logs? ---
**Author:** ![martin23](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/martin23/32/21818_2.png) [@martin23](https://community.n8n.io/u/martin23)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/cannot-activate-workflow/23545/4 "2023-03-01T20:53:51Z")
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**Author:** ![MutedJam](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/mutedjam/32/70851_2.png) [@MutedJam](https://community.n8n.io/u/MutedJam)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2023, 1:21pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/cannot-activate-workflow/23545/5 "2023-03-02T13:21:07Z")
Thanks @martin23! Once adding URLs and values from my own Airtable account to your Trigger node I was able to reproduce the problem. It seems the formula you are using isn’t recognised by Airtable. Once I delete the formula field, I am able to activate the workflow. Can you confirm this from your side as well? ---
**Author:** ![martin23](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/martin23/32/21818_2.png) [@martin23](https://community.n8n.io/u/martin23)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/cannot-activate-workflow/23545/6 "2023-03-03T17:28:06Z")
Yes, I can confirm. But I need that field, because I don’t see all fields I need for the whole workflow … ---
**Author:** ![Jon](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/jon/32/40174_2.png) [@Jon](https://community.n8n.io/u/Jon)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/cannot-activate-workflow/23545/7 "2023-03-03T17:31:24Z")
Hey @martin23, The problem isn’t the field as such more the formula you have in there, What is it meant to be doing? ---
**Author:** ![martin23](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/martin23/32/21818_2.png) [@martin23](https://community.n8n.io/u/martin23)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2023, 5:35pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/cannot-activate-workflow/23545/8 "2023-03-03T17:35:48Z")
The formula is creating a link to softr … ![Bildschirmfoto 2023-03-03 um 18.33.45](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/original/3X/3/a/3af134dfa2fe24afdb5f34f994e67eb0f27aaaf9.png) ---
**Author:** ![martin23](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/martin23/32/21818_2.png) [@martin23](https://community.n8n.io/u/martin23)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/cannot-activate-workflow/23545/9 "2023-03-04T14:20:27Z")
Now I deleted that formula in the first n8n-node and everything works … 🤨 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/n8n/user_avatar/community.n8n.io/system/32/195824_2.png) [@system](https://community.n8n.io/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2023, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/cannot-activate-workflow/23545/10 "2023-03-11T14:20:50Z")
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