Execute Workflow Trigger

Describe the problem/error/question

I can not get the Execute Workflow Trigger to execute correctly and when I try to activate this workflow I get the message, “This workflow has no trigger node that require activation.”
The Execute Workflow node in Workflow 1 uses Database as the Source and has an ID of 21.

What is the error message (if any)?

Please share your workflow

THIS IS WORKFLOW 2

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“parameters”: {
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“application”: {
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“value”: “appt2Gwt9DQdIqdkc”,
“mode”: “id”
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“table”: {
“__rl”: true,
“value”: “Sign in - Airtable”,
“mode”: “url”,
“__regex”: “https://airtable.com/[a-zA-Z0-9]{2,}/([a-zA-Z0-9]{2,})
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“options”: {}
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“id”: “a56476d9-008c-4a01-aeb1-bf3f4f1690f3”,
“name”: “Airtable”,
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“typeVersion”: 1,
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“credentials”: {
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“id”: “2”,
“name”: “Airtable account”
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{
“parameters”: {},
“id”: “d7544437-2f23-4f85-8ab6-a1ec711cec4e”,
“name”: “Execute Workflow Trigger”,
“type”: “n8n-nodes-base.executeWorkflowTrigger”,
“typeVersion”: 1,
“position”: [
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“connections”: {
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“node”: “Airtable”,
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“node”: “Set”,
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}

THIS IS WORKFLOW 1
This is the workflow that should trigger the above workflow:

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## Information on your n8n setup
- **n8n version:**
- Airtable
- **n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main):**
- Desktop app
- Windows 10 Pro

Hi @fdavidg, sorry for the confusion. This is expected - a workflow with the Execute Workflow Trigger would not need to be activated (same as the Error Trigger node for example).

It would simply run whenever called from another workflow, regardless of the activation state.

Yes, I understand.
But I can not figure out how to get the Execute Workflow Trigger to run.
Workflow 1 runs fine to completion as expected, but Workflow 2 never runs.
Workflow 2 has an ID of 21. So I use a Source of Database and an ID of 21 in the Execute Workflow node, so shouldn’t the Execute Workflow Trigger work in this situation?

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