Salesforce: Id appear to end user instead of type name

[lequeuxa]

Hi,

I am using salesforce update account node to integrate between ERP and Salesforce.

While mapping values, a end-user reported that ids were appearing in SF instead of the “type name”.

Node:

Salesforce end-user view:

Each ID should reflect a type name in SF.

Do you have any suggestions for what I should do?

Thanks and regards,
Antoine

[Jon]

Hey @lequeuxa,

It looks like that is setting what is being sent, Is this something new or something that has always happened?

[lequeuxa]

Hi,

It seems it has changed recently because the integration has been running for a few months now and there was no error like this one.

How can I make sure the type name appears instead? Should I use the type name instead of the Id in the condition? It seems I can’t use Type Name if I am using an expression:

Thanks a lot,
Antoine

[lequeuxa]

Hey @Jon

Any idea how I could solve this?

I am having a lot of feedbacks from End-User who struggle to map the field ID with the value, it has been running for months without any feedback like this one so I guess it might be related to a recent update, any guess?

Thanks

[Jon]

Hey @lequeuxa,

What error did you get if you tried using the typename? Did you update n8n before this issue occured?

[lequeuxa]

Hi,

I will try update an account using the Type Name instead of the ID to check if it works, I was just following the caption above the question mark saying I need to specify an ID if using an expression, maybe it is not mandatory.

I also see that I am using a condition with an ID in an expression for another field named “Account record type” and it is mapping it right:

But I have just seen the datatype is slightly different in Salesforce:

So it might just be that, I will try to use the Type Name to check if it works thanks.

I have done many N8N updates meanwhile so I can’t say if it is direclty related.

Keeping you posted!

[lequeuxa]

Ok it is solved this way, probably because of the data type difference

Thanks for your help