Error Notifications in Retool Form: Resource ID cannot be empty

[xli]

• Goal: Resolve the error or hide the error notifications so that users do not see any error messages when opening the shared URL of the form.

• Steps:

  1. I set up a text-select component (collection_method) linked to an enum field of a Retool table.
  2. I modified the basic settings of the component (label, caption, options, etc.) and then published the changes.
  3. After publishing, I noticed that an error message continued to appear.
  4. After modifying the component again and publishing the form, an additional error message appeared. Now, both error messages are shown.
  5. Even after restoring the component to its previous state, both error messages continue to occur.

• Details: The collection_method component is a text-select field aligned with the options of an enum field in a Retool table. The form itself functions correctly, as the data is being populated into the Retool table without issues. However, the errors are confusing for end users, as they see them when opening the form via the sharable link.
  I am on a cloud-hosted verion of retool, v3.109.0-370390f (Build 207695).

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[eslinz]

hi @xli it seems like the error notification is coming from a query in which case you can go to the "Response" tab in the query and deselect "Show notification on failure". You can also make more adjustments there as needed! See below screenshot

[xli]

Hi @eslinz, thanks for the response!

I’m currently working within the Form Editor, which seems to have a more limited scope than Retool apps, and I haven’t been able to locate any queries there.

[Jack_T]

Hello @xli,

As you said with the Retool Form, the underlying query which uploads the inputted data in not accessible, which makes things tricky

I tried replicating a form as you have it set up but I was not getting any error messages which is odd.

Given that the error is mentioning the Resource ID, which should be set automatically, you might have a corrupted component and need to create a new one from scratch and hopefully the error will be gone.

Since the data in the DB is being updated properly it sounds like a false alarm error which is good that the functionality works but not ideal for the end user. I am not sure if there are any ways to hide/remove error messages from the Retool Form

Let me know if you had any extra set up steps that I might be missing, if I can reproduce then I can file a bug report to our engineering team.

My best hope is that deleting and starting a fresh Form will fix this. If not you might need to try building from DB schema so that the Resource is connected in the Form's hidden query.