I have a recurring issue with a query. I make an api query the following results:
{
"Product Title": "Cabernet Sauvignon Finish Bourbon Whiskey",
"Product Description": " Straight bourbon whiskey finished in Cabernet Sauvignon barrels.\n",
"Sub-header": "Cabernet Sauvignon Finish",
"Color": "Mahogany with Red notes",
"Nose": "Cherry, Grape and Chocolate",
"Palate": "Black cherry, blackberry, caramel, vanilla and cinnamon ",
"Finish": "Lengthy warm finish filled with peppercorn and raspberries"
}
When I use the "Regenerate Columns" button within retool, it does not pick up the Color, which you can see here:
In a previous query, it would not pick up the value for Finish, and it would pick up the value for Color. Does anyone have any ideas why this might happen?
Hi Jack, I appreciate you following up. I deleted that implementation and solved it a different way using a smaller requirement set. It has happened several times with different queries and components, so I believe that there is a backend issue within retool. As our system complexity increases, I am noticing a significant increase in the number of components that start to product unpredictable outcomes.
Glad to hear you found a workaround. That is very odd behavior for the column mapping. I will try to reproduce the issue with the same object you had above.
What did the table look like before you regenerated the columns? Was the table using a different data source/format with differing columns by chance?
Could you provide more details on the components that have been producing unpredictable outcomes and what those outcomes were? Would love to help you fix those issues and get to the bottom of if they are bugs we can fix!
I deleted the old implementation, so I cannot provide exact details. There are two issues that seem to be recurring as the system gets more complex.
1.) There are times when it will not identify a field. I tried regenerating columns and adding those columns manually. I also tried using javascript to reformat the data to see if the component would recognize the field when in a different format, such as JSON. In a different query using the same field from the database, it will recognize the field when accessed by a different table component.
2.) There have been a few times when I've pulled data from Airtable and Retool appears to add a space into the string. It will have a format of something like "750ML" when I receive the results of the query. When I load it into a drop down, it shows up as "750 ML". It always added the space between the number and the characters, which was weird.
The regenerating columns can be hit or miss, hard to pin down why some are not picked up. Usually JSON is the best format for the parser, with manual set up being the tried and true fallback when needed. That is very odd that different tables are able to recognize the field properly but the original table was not.
Will try to repro the air table space adding bug as that should not be the behavior for a string.
Not sure about the table not recognizing/identifying a field, if you are able to consistently reproduce the behavior I would love to take a look during our office hours
