Workflow Not Executing After A Few Steps/Nodes

[Kuti01]

Describe the problem/error/question

Hello , I am using this workflow as an example for lead generation purposes but I am encountering with a problem which is the workflow does not continue after a few steps or nodes .Can you describe me what is happening and how can I solve it ?

What is the error message (if any)?

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[Anshul_Namdev]

Hi @Kuti01 This happens because your filter node is not giving any output, go inside that node > Settings > turn on the always output data so that would always run the next node:

[Kuti01]

It worked but I have an another error as you can see on the screenshot , how do I solve this ?

[Kuti01]

The error message is : “The column to match on parameter is required “ {
“errorMessage”: “The ‘Column to Match On’ parameter is required”,
“errorDetails”: {},
“n8nDetails”: {
“nodeName”: “Add to Sheet”,
“nodeType”: “n8n-nodes-base.googleSheets”,
“nodeVersion”: 4.7,
“resource”: “sheet”,
“operation”: “appendOrUpdate”,
“itemIndex”: 0,
“time”: “3/20/2026, 11:58:06 PM”,
“n8nVersion”: “2.12.3 (Self Hosted)”,
“binaryDataMode”: “filesystem”,
“stackTrace”: [
“NodeOperationError: The ‘Column to Match On’ parameter is required”,
" at ExecuteContext.execute (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/n8n-nodes-base@file+packages+nodes-base_@aws-sdk+credential-providers@3.808.0_asn1.js@5_8da18263ca0574b0db58d4fefd8173ce/node_modules/n8n-nodes-base/nodes/Google/Sheet/v2/actions/sheet/appendOrUpdate.operation.ts:385:11)“,
" at processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:103:5)”,
" at ExecuteContext.router (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/n8n-nodes-base@file+packages+nodes-base_@aws-sdk+credential-providers@3.808.0_asn1.js@5_8da18263ca0574b0db58d4fefd8173ce/node_modules/n8n-nodes-base/nodes/Google/Sheet/v2/actions/router.ts:64:14)“,
" at ExecuteContext.execute (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/n8n-nodes-base@file+packages+nodes-base_@aws-sdk+credential-providers@3.808.0_asn1.js@5_8da18263ca0574b0db58d4fefd8173ce/node_modules/n8n-nodes-base/nodes/Google/Sheet/v2/GoogleSheetsV2.node.ts:30:10)”,
" at WorkflowExecute.executeNode (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/n8n-core@file+packages+core_@opentelemetry+api@1.9.0_@opentelemetry+exporter-trace-otlp_9f358c3eeaef0d2736f54ac9757ada43/node_modules/n8n-core/src/execution-engine/workflow-execute.ts:1043:8)“,
" at WorkflowExecute.runNode (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/n8n-core@file+packages+core_@opentelemetry+api@1.9.0_@opentelemetry+exporter-trace-otlp_9f358c3eeaef0d2736f54ac9757ada43/node_modules/n8n-core/src/execution-engine/workflow-execute.ts:1222:11)”,
" at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/n8n-core@file+packages+core_@opentelemetry+api@1.9.0_@opentelemetry+exporter-trace-otlp_9f358c3eeaef0d2736f54ac9757ada43/node_modules/n8n-core/src/execution-engine/workflow-execute.ts:1668:27",
" at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/n8n/node_modules/.pnpm/n8n-core@file+packages+core_@opentelemetry+api@1.9.0_@opentelemetry+exporter-trace-otlp_9f358c3eeaef0d2736f54ac9757ada43/node_modules/n8n-core/src/execution-engine/workflow-execute.ts:2313:11"
]
}
}

[pvdyck]

Your appendOrUpdate node needs to know which column identifies an existing row. That is what Column to Match On is for. Pick something unique like id or email and you are done.

[Kuti01]

How does this look like ? The Website , Email and Phone columns are empty maybe this is the problem .