N8n and Airtable error - Expected a number but we got "12"

Describe the problem/error/question

I have several previously working automations passing information from YouTube Data API to Airtable for performance analytics. Today all of my workflows threw an error when trying to append (Airtable - update records node) a number to Airtable.

What is the error message (if any)?

Invalid input for ‘Lifetime View Count’ [item 0]

‘Lifetime View Count’ expects a number but we got ‘12’

Workflow too big to add to this.

Share the output returned by the last node

Information on your n8n setup

  • n8n version:1.74.1 (Latest)
  • Database (default: SQLite): Airtable
  • n8n EXECUTIONS_PROCESS setting (default: own, main): main
  • Running n8n via (Docker, npm, n8n cloud, desktop app): railway.app
  • Operating system: mac os

looks like you need to turn the string into an integer. :slight_smile: