I need to insert GSheet formula that oviously starts with '=', but the symbol keeps disappering

Hi. Apparently “=” in the beggining switch value of the N8N node from static to expression. But how to still keep this “=” in the beggining of the value expression as long as it needs to be GSheet formula that start from it? When I run with open node settings it works. But once I close node settings = disappears form value expression.

=UPPER(RIGHT(LEFT(IMPORTXML(“https://www.linkedin.con/in/burykin","(//a)[14]/@href - Google Suche”),17),2))

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Hey @Dan_Burykin , it might disappear from the UI but still seems to be working for me in the actual data. I believe that = is used internally and is served as a marker that triggers expression invocation.

Moreover, when chaining to the next node the value retains = even in expression.

Regardless, why would you use GSheet formula as a value in n8n? The formulas should be applied in the sheet itself and not set dynamically by n8n.

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