# \#set **URL:** https://community.n8n.io/tag/set/76.md [Latest](https://community.n8n.io/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.n8n.io/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.n8n.io/tags.md) --- ## [Constructs like “{{ $(‘books\_card-1’).item.json.books\_array.book\_link }}” have stopped working for me](https://community.n8n.io/t/constructs-like-books-card-1-item-json-books-array-book-link-have-stopped-working-for-me/312168)
**Author:** [@sinchro](https://community.n8n.io/u/sinchro)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 11:45am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/constructs-like-books-card-1-item-json-books-array-book-link-have-stopped-working-for-me/312168 "2026-09-09T11:45:48Z")
Constructs like “{{ $(‘books\_card-1’).item.json.books\_array.book\_link }}” have stopped working for me. Direct links like {{ $json.book\_name }} work without any issues. What’s more, everything displays correctly in the No… --- ## [I built a workflow that turns handwritten meeting notes into structured Google Docs – full video walkthrough](https://community.n8n.io/t/i-built-a-workflow-that-turns-handwritten-meeting-notes-into-structured-google-docs-full-video-walkthrough/295682)
**Author:** [@easybits](https://community.n8n.io/u/easybits)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2026, 1:09pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/i-built-a-workflow-that-turns-handwritten-meeting-notes-into-structured-google-docs-full-video-walkthrough/295682 "2026-05-14T13:09:56Z")
:waving\_hand: Hey n8n Community, I met up with my friend Mike yesterday and noticed he was taking notes on a piece of paper. I do that too – writing things down by hand actually helps me remember them. But it also me… --- ## [Turn handwritten meeting notes into Google Docs by emailing a photo](https://community.n8n.io/t/turn-handwritten-meeting-notes-into-google-docs-by-emailing-a-photo/295011)
**Author:** [@easybits](https://community.n8n.io/u/easybits)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2026, 7:26am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/turn-handwritten-meeting-notes-into-google-docs-by-emailing-a-photo/295011 "2026-05-11T07:26:09Z")
:waving\_hand: Hey n8n Community, I met up with my friend Mike yesterday. We were talking about the automations I’ve been building for him, and I noticed he was taking notes on a piece of paper. I do that too. Writin… --- ## [$now.localWeekNumber differs between Set node preview and execution output (self-hosted instance)](https://community.n8n.io/t/now-localweeknumber-differs-between-set-node-preview-and-execution-output-self-hosted-instance/253709)
**Author:** [@Shekan](https://community.n8n.io/u/Shekan)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2026, 8:27pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/now-localweeknumber-differs-between-set-node-preview-and-execution-output-self-hosted-instance/253709 "2026-01-23T20:27:01Z")
Describe the problem/error/question I’m seeing inconsistent behavior when determining the local week number on a locally hosted, community-registered n8n instance. This occurs when using both of the following approache… --- ## [Select upstream value in set](https://community.n8n.io/t/select-upstream-value-in-set/222317)
**Author:** [@d2kagw](https://community.n8n.io/u/d2kagw)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2025, 11:23pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/select-upstream-value-in-set/222317 "2025-11-17T23:23:05Z")
How do I set a variable to one many upstream values? For example, I have a small telegram chatbot that supports multiple message formats. If the message is text, the workflow is basic and the message is used to generat… --- ## [Set Node Fails When Triggered, But Succeeds When Run Manually](https://community.n8n.io/t/set-node-fails-when-triggered-but-succeeds-when-run-manually/207651)
**Author:** [@litt](https://community.n8n.io/u/litt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2025, 10:04pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/set-node-fails-when-triggered-but-succeeds-when-run-manually/207651 "2025-10-19T22:04:01Z")
Set Node Fails When Triggered, But Succeeds When Run Manually Describe the problem/error/question I am having a similar issue to the one raised in this (now closed) question from 2023 Workflows fail when triggered, but … --- ## [Unexpected bug with new line in set node](https://community.n8n.io/t/unexpected-bug-with-new-line-in-set-node/114149)
**Author:** [@n8ncmat](https://community.n8n.io/u/n8ncmat)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2025, 1:38pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/unexpected-bug-with-new-line-in-set-node/114149 "2025-05-12T13:38:18Z")
Here is a simple workflow to reproduce the bug: The top and bottom are identical except that on the first set in the bottom “job\_id” is set to “Juste CFO\\n\_test\_2025-05-12-06:34:21” whereas it is… --- ## [Problems capturing data with the path](https://community.n8n.io/t/problems-capturing-data-with-the-path/70294)
**Author:** [@Roder\_Solutions](https://community.n8n.io/u/Roder_Solutions)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 7, 2025, 3:09pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/problems-capturing-data-with-the-path/70294 "2025-04-07T15:09:58Z")
The problem I am having is that I am working with images and it has become a bit complicated. I convert them to binary file to edit the image and then upload it to imgbb to use the public link but the problem is that wh… --- ## [Set Node Outputs Null Despite Correct Input Object from Postgres Node](https://community.n8n.io/t/set-node-outputs-null-despite-correct-input-object-from-postgres-node/95465)
**Author:** [@groselemail](https://community.n8n.io/u/groselemail)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2025, 6:33pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/set-node-outputs-null-despite-correct-input-object-from-postgres-node/95465 "2025-04-01T18:33:27Z")
Hi everyone, I’m building a sub-workflow (subwf\_GetRealtorById) to fetch realtor data from a Supabase Postgres database. The workflow structure is basically: Start → Set (test input telegram\_id) → Postgres (execute que… --- ## [Error using SET node](https://community.n8n.io/t/error-using-set-node/16838)
**Author:** [@alehsoares](https://community.n8n.io/u/alehsoares)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/error-using-set-node/16838 "2025-03-29T16:54:55Z")
I’m using a process to update a Google Spreadsheet, but when assigning the value in SET, it’s showing an error. What is the error message (if any)? ERROR: Unexpected token u in JSON at position 0 SyntaxError: Unexpecte… --- ## [How to Generate Text Images with the HTTP Request Node](https://community.n8n.io/t/how-to-generate-text-images-with-the-http-request-node/80125)
**Author:** [@Akram](https://community.n8n.io/u/Akram)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 8:42pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/how-to-generate-text-images-with-the-http-request-node/80125 "2025-02-20T20:42:55Z")
--- ## [Set Fields Node not pulling all data from previous nodes](https://community.n8n.io/t/set-fields-node-not-pulling-all-data-from-previous-nodes/44770)
**Author:** [@jlhsolutions](https://community.n8n.io/u/jlhsolutions)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2024, 9:58pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/set-fields-node-not-pulling-all-data-from-previous-nodes/44770 "2024-04-30T21:58:25Z")
I have set up my Code Nodes to extract the pieces of information out of the email that I will need to use in my workflow. Then I created the new fields and tried to populate them with the data from the code nodes. This w… --- ## [Set Fields not pulling data behind IF](https://community.n8n.io/t/set-fields-not-pulling-data-behind-if/43675)
**Author:** [@jlhsolutions](https://community.n8n.io/u/jlhsolutions)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/set-fields-not-pulling-data-behind-if/43675 "2024-04-06T17:19:37Z")
I can’t seem to get my data thru the IF node. I thought by using the SET node and getting only the data I would need farther down the line, this would be the best approach. But it isn’t pulling the data. Is this not the … --- ## [Set Node returning a lot of item when I Only want one](https://community.n8n.io/t/set-node-returning-a-lot-of-item-when-i-only-want-one/43671)
**Author:** [@Arsh\_Tyagi](https://community.n8n.io/u/Arsh_Tyagi)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2024, 8:23pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/set-node-returning-a-lot-of-item-when-i-only-want-one/43671 "2024-04-02T20:23:58Z")
Hey I am getting a lot of item in return from set node but I only want one pls tell me how can I make it one --- ## [How can we split a csv file into 2 csv files](https://community.n8n.io/t/how-can-we-split-a-csv-file-into-2-csv-files/39545)
**Author:** [@Meghna\_Rajeev](https://community.n8n.io/u/Meghna_Rajeev)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 12, 2024, 11:23am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/how-can-we-split-a-csv-file-into-2-csv-files/39545 "2024-02-12T11:23:37Z")
How can we split one csv file into 2 different csv files? Example : current data : \[ { “A”: “12345”, “B”: “USA”, “C”: “TestDocumentNumber”, “Type”: “EmployeeId”, “D”: “DBI298000020”, “Value”: “CompanyCode”, “ID”:… --- ## [Handle invalid json](https://community.n8n.io/t/handle-invalid-json/35167)
**Author:** [@Kool\_Baudrillard](https://community.n8n.io/u/Kool_Baudrillard)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2024, 3:18pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/handle-invalid-json/35167 "2024-01-11T15:18:40Z")
Describe the problem/error/question I get data form an api, within there are contact data, which look like a json but are invalid and therefore I get an error in the set node: I´m getting for sax-address, phone, email a… --- ## [Set Node Error with no items to process](https://community.n8n.io/t/set-node-error-with-no-items-to-process/34364)
**Author:** [@marcel](https://community.n8n.io/u/marcel)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 27, 2023, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/set-node-error-with-no-items-to-process/34364 "2023-12-27T15:55:58Z")
My workflow runs into an error, although no items are shown to be passed Here’s what this part of the workflow looks like: There are 4 input items on the IF node, and all of them are sent to the NoOp false condition … --- ## [Node to add a column to Item List?](https://community.n8n.io/t/node-to-add-a-column-to-item-list/34352)
**Author:** [@fxholl](https://community.n8n.io/u/fxholl)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2023, 10:19am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/node-to-add-a-column-to-item-list/34352 "2023-12-19T10:19:59Z")
I have an item list node that returns this: I need to add a new column with today’s date. Is there a node I can use to insert today’s date for each item? The output in Json should be somethinng like this: \[ { “id… --- ## [Edit / set node - getting all object](https://community.n8n.io/t/edit-set-node-getting-all-object/32919)
**Author:** [@Kool\_Baudrillard](https://community.n8n.io/u/Kool_Baudrillard)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 10:12am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/edit-set-node-getting-all-object/32919 "2023-11-15T10:12:59Z")
Describe the problem/error/question is there an easy way to add all objects as an expression? What is the error message (if any)? Please share your workflow (Select the nodes on your canvas and use the keyboard short… --- ## [Add a column in json automatically](https://community.n8n.io/t/add-a-column-in-json-automatically/32361)
**Author:** [@Ose\_Verma](https://community.n8n.io/u/Ose_Verma)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2023, 8:35am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/add-a-column-in-json-automatically/32361 "2023-11-03T08:35:06Z")
How can I add one more column in json returned by HTTP request? --- ## ["Edit fields (Set)" / new "Set" Node - cannot delete field with space (or non-latin character) when "Support Dot Notation" is off](https://community.n8n.io/t/edit-fields-set-new-set-node-cannot-delete-field-with-space-or-non-latin-character-when-support-dot-notation-is-off/31989)
**Author:** [@Nick\_K\_H](https://community.n8n.io/u/Nick_K_H)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 25, 2023, 1:24pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/edit-fields-set-new-set-node-cannot-delete-field-with-space-or-non-latin-character-when-support-dot-notation-is-off/31989 "2023-10-25T13:24:57Z")
Describe the problem/error/question New “set” node give you option to “Include in Output” “All Input Fields Except”, then list “Fields to Exclude” separated by comma. In case if you use space or any non-latin character i… --- ## [Set node missing data. Works fine when running manually](https://community.n8n.io/t/set-node-missing-data-works-fine-when-running-manually/31525)
**Author:** [@diskin](https://community.n8n.io/u/diskin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 10:33am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/set-node-missing-data-works-fine-when-running-manually/31525 "2023-10-13T10:33:16Z")
Describe the problem/error/question I have a multi-step data processing sequence, processing data received from a REST API. When running the whole workflow at once, the Set Node does not output all of the field values t… --- ## [Set node does not convert integer to string](https://community.n8n.io/t/set-node-does-not-convert-integer-to-string/31531)
**Author:** [@lequeuxa](https://community.n8n.io/u/lequeuxa)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2023, 9:47am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/set-node-does-not-convert-integer-to-string/31531 "2023-10-13T09:47:29Z")
Hi, I am using a set node to convert a field “359” to a string, like below: Input: Set field: Output: The problem is that it outputs as an integer. I need to force it that way: Version on-prem: 0.233.1 … --- ## [JSON.parse (and other functions) not working in Manual Set nodes](https://community.n8n.io/t/json-parse-and-other-functions-not-working-in-manual-set-nodes/31474)
**Author:** [@artildo](https://community.n8n.io/u/artildo)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2023, 10:46am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/json-parse-and-other-functions-not-working-in-manual-set-nodes/31474 "2023-10-12T10:46:03Z")
Describe the problem/error/question upd. Other functions like .split() also results in string, not in other type (array here) JSON.parse not working for Set nodes in Manual mode. It’s fine for JSON Output Please… --- ## [What is wrong with this Set node?](https://community.n8n.io/t/what-is-wrong-with-this-set-node/30795)
**Author:** [@YogiYang](https://community.n8n.io/u/YogiYang)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2023, 11:48am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/what-is-wrong-with-this-set-node/30795 "2023-09-25T11:48:49Z")
Describe the problem/error/question I have added a Set node to add two values to a variable that is created at the start of the workflow. What is the error message (if any)? ERROR: Can’t get data for expression under ‘V… --- ## [Set DateTime formatting Null values to "Invalid DateTime" instead of Null value](https://community.n8n.io/t/set-datetime-formatting-null-values-to-invalid-datetime-instead-of-null-value/30186)
**Author:** [@bdinsmore](https://community.n8n.io/u/bdinsmore)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 6, 2023, 10:38am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/set-datetime-formatting-null-values-to-invalid-datetime-instead-of-null-value/30186 "2023-09-06T10:38:06Z")
Describe the problem/error/question Previous nodes converting a date value from a format to the desired format (for later comparison and insertion to MySQL What is the error message (if any)? Please share your wor… --- ## [Error using regex groups in expression - How to return an object from a Regular expression match using named capture groups?](https://community.n8n.io/t/error-using-regex-groups-in-expression-how-to-return-an-object-from-a-regular-expression-match-using-named-capture-groups/29191)
**Author:** [@craSH](https://community.n8n.io/u/craSH)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 10, 2023, 1:27pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/error-using-regex-groups-in-expression-how-to-return-an-object-from-a-regular-expression-match-using-named-capture-groups/29191 "2023-08-10T13:27:10Z")
Describe the problem/error/question I’d like to be able to use an expression in a Set node to return an object of regular expression named capture groups, as an output object that can then be accessed by key/value in dow… --- ## [Getting the correct data from before an IF node](https://community.n8n.io/t/getting-the-correct-data-from-before-an-if-node/18786)
**Author:** [@Giovanni\_Segar](https://community.n8n.io/u/Giovanni_Segar)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 29, 2023, 12:31pm UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/getting-the-correct-data-from-before-an-if-node/18786 "2023-07-29T12:31:13Z")
I’m having trouble with workflows where I need to check a condition, then grab info from nodes prior to the IF node to do an operation. Let’s say I have 3 items from a search node. I want to check each item for a specif… --- ## [Pulling information from a changing string](https://community.n8n.io/t/pulling-information-from-a-changing-string/27825)
**Author:** [@FlippinTurt](https://community.n8n.io/u/FlippinTurt)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2023, 6:04am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/pulling-information-from-a-changing-string/27825 "2023-07-06T06:04:01Z")
Describe the problem/error/question I am wanting to pull information from a string of data, and have that information flow into a google sheets file (Sheets file is the easy part, and already done). The data comes from … --- ## [Set data not passing through from Set \> Google Contacts Get All \> IF \> Google Contacts Create](https://community.n8n.io/t/set-data-not-passing-through-from-set-google-contacts-get-all-if-google-contacts-create/27584)
**Author:** [@rjbathgate](https://community.n8n.io/u/rjbathgate)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 29, 2023, 10:59am UTC](https://community.n8n.io/t/set-data-not-passing-through-from-set-google-contacts-get-all-if-google-contacts-create/27584 "2023-06-29T10:59:50Z")
I am trying to create a workflow which: Searches Google Contacts, by email address If no contact exists, create new contact For testing purposes I have a Set at the start, to define a few variables (first name, surnam… [Next page](https://community.n8n.io/tag/set/76.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=set)