Clean text output from Text aggregator

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:bullseye: What is your goal?

Clean Text output from Text Aggregator as the output looks like this {“state”:“error”,“errorType”:“emptyDependency”,“value”:“Traditional pub with an upstairs bar, their classic décor gives the place a proper old Edinburgh feel.”,“isStale”:false} and in mapping from my Airtable search module it says {collection}

:thinking: What is the problem & what have you tried?

Added Set variable but struggle on correct Variable value

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You can clean the Text aggregator output with a single Set variable right after the aggregator and then send that variable into Airtable.

trim(replace(replace(replace(1.text;“\r\n”;" ");“\n”;" ");“\r”;" "))

I hope this helps you!

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You are trying to solve problem X (possibly parsing of a JSON result from an output of an AI module) , and you think fixing the Text aggregator would solve your problem X, but instead of asking about X when you run into trouble, you ask about fixing the Text aggregator.

Perhaps you can tell us what the rest of your scenario is doing instead of just fixing the output of the Text aggregator, which may or may not be the best way to implement and achieve the desired result? This way, you can get more useful advice.

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Thanks for the advice and very true. The rest of the flow is from the text aggregator to a HTTP module that send a message to my staff. The text aggregator input I get comes from a airtable search module and extract the from a airtble column that is AI generated text.

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Thanks very much Karmic, now trying your solution

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Nope, tried every possible solution still nothing and herewith my flow and thanks in advance:

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