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Can someone please educate me on what the best practice would be to set multiple variables manually, and then pull one value from random to pass onto another module?
Example: I have 9 possible responses i’ve written, all in a “Set Multiple Variable” tool with Variable Values “1, 2, 3, … 9” and Variable Names of all different texts. I want to pass a random text string to a following module that needs a text value.
I’ve tried using random(), array aggregator, {{first(shuffle(8.array))}} and I’m just too stupid to figure this out. It’s always giving me an error of " * Collection can’t be converted to text for parameter ‘text’."
The Make documentation does not help me at all, and Googling any kind of answer for Make.com is already a nightmare.
Thank you to anyone who can lend some advice.
Hey @Tyler_H ,
A screenshot of the whole scenario would help to better understand the flow of things. But I will try to help with what I have.
The Problem is, that 8.array does not contain the actual strings like “No Update”, but rather multiple objects in the form of “No Update : 1”.
Easiest way to do it, would be to remove the iterator, and just set one Variable, for instance called “RandomStrings” with the value
{{add(emptyarray; " No Update"; " Nothing to report"; " No Updates"; " Still Working")}}
This will create a normal array of those strings.
And afterwards, you can use your shuffle mechanism to get the random item:
{{first(shuffle(3.RandomStrings))}}
If you NEED the Mapping of a certain ID to the Text like “No Update” has to be mapped to “1”, there’s another solution. Just let me know if you need it and I can provide more info.
Do not hesitate to contact me if need further Info. 
Christoph Gerl
Funkenwerfer Process & CRM-Automation
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