Can't use values from the branches - using merge

[Sei_katsu]

Hello there,
I am current problem. Maybe I dont understand how joining branches works in n8n.
I tried to split the branches in my workflow (into 3 branches). each branch has their own number (1, 2, 3). I would like to use their values after I rejoin the branches into one and continue with the process. However I can only use 1 and 0 values. The other values from other branches can’t be found.

I also tried this workflow without Merge node, but It will make 3 runs and each run contain only 1 number, so i can’t use these from one place.

Please share your workflow

Edit Fields 0,1,2,3 are the same. Just containing one string according their number. Merge1 is set to Mode: Append and number of Inputs 3. 

Share the output returned by the last node

Here I can use values from 1 and 0. But I would like to use all the values that I used in an input.

Information on your n8n setup

• n8n version: 1.106.3 (selfhosted)

[krisn0x]

Hey there!

You have 2 options here:

Option 1:

• Set the Merge note to Append (as you do now)
• Change the expressions as follows:

{{$(‘Merge’).all()[0].json['DATA 1']}}
{{$(‘Merge’).all()[1].json['DATA 2']}}
{{$(‘Merge’).all()[2].json['DATA 3']}}

This is needed because currently, the data from the Merge node comes in an array of json objects:

[
{"json":{"1":"DATA 1"},"pairedItem":{"item":0}},
{"json":{"2":"DATA 2"},"pairedItem":{"item":0,"input":1}},
{"json":{"3":"DATA 3"},"pairedItem":{"item":0,"input":2}}
]

The syntax you used accesses the first item from the array always, as it’s a shorthand syntax, not the full thing.

Option 2
(only works for the current data setup, if you change the actual data structure of the nodes it might not work as expected)

• Change the Merge node as follows, and your syntax will work:

  

Hope this helps and don’t forget to mark it as Solution to help others in the future

[Sei_katsu]

Thank you so much. It is working