I’m a n8noob and created my first ETL workflow merging 3 different http requests. I combine 3 payloads and run some code to modifying + combine the JSON. My assumption is the merge-node would only execute once but it repeats the subsequent workflow 3 separate times. Please forgive my lack of experience - I’m sure I’ve missed a simple step.
The blue box highlighted in the workflow always executes 3 times (apparently once for each http request):
That’s expected behavior using the default settings of the nodes - it appends all items, so each item will be processed afterwards. You can use different options in the Merge Node to combine items in different ways, or you can stuff all the items in an array using the Aggregate node, turning multiple items into one. But it really depends on what you need to do.
Thank you @bartv; i tried the aggregate node - in the end I notice it’s possible to chain http requests together; that turned out to solve the multiple-execution loop > it only runs once now…
