I’m building an automated receipt-processing and tax-management workflow in Make.
The workflow starts with a file sent to my Telegram bot.
It then extracts text, sends it to OpenAI for structured JSON, parses the JSON, iterates over the line items (only for rental income statements), and finally creates separate Airtable records for each item (from the rental income statement).
My goal
I want a completely automated flow that:
Receives a receipt/statement via Telegram
Extracts text
Sends the text to OpenAI
Gets properly formatted JSON (multiple line items)
Iterates over each line item
Sends each line item to Airtable as an individual record
What is the problem & what have you tried?
The iterator is separating the information into multiple bundles. However, when it gets to the Airtable module (which is next), it only receives the first bundle and therefore creates one line. It does not continue over the rest of the bundles. There is no filter between the iterator and Airtable. There is no other module between the two. There is nothing else happening between those two modules. I have managed to delete the Airtable, reinstall it as a module, and then it works for one run-through of the whole flow. However, when I run it through again, it always stops and only comes up with the first bundle.
Error messages or input/output bundles
I’m not getting any errors. The bundles are being sent, but just not being iterated over.
The output bundle looks correct, so the issue’s probably somewhere else in your scenario.
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What is your goal?
What is the problem & what have you tried?
Error messages or input/output bundles
Screenshots (scenario flow, module settings, errors)
Formatting IS Important! 