Mapping 'Presentation ID' wont give dynamic values

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Hi all,

Im trying to dynamicly create a Google Slides presentation with the ‘create a presentation from template’ module but i run into a problem:

If i select the presentation ID by mapping the value from a module before it wont show/load the dynamic value tags withing the presentation template.
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I also tried it with the presentation ID as text but it will still show nothing.

If i try it by dropdown it works, but this is not an option for now since the presentation id needs to be flexible.

Anyone who know the sollution for this?

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Hello,

what you can do is simply add as many items as necessary, giving the text inside tags and their value.

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Cheers,

Benjamin

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Thanks for your reply :slight_smile:

This is indeed how i solved it for now but since there where 71 field it was not the preffered option :stuck_out_tongue:

Is this always the way of should the other way also work end its just a bug now?

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Ah damn :sweat_smile::sweat_smile::sweat_smile:
Let’s say the time you will take now will be saved later not consuming too many operations :grin::sweat_smile:

No it’s not a bug, it’s the way the API of Google Sheets works. If we add one row only, we have to call it as many times as there are rows.
On the other side, Bulk insert is a capability of their API that allows you to insert an array with all elements to add. Before last month, Make was not providing the corresponding Module, but there were workarounds that were leveraging « Make an API Call ». Now it’s officially supported.

So the short answer is: it’s not a bug; if the API you leverage doesn’t allow any bulk insert, you will be forced to insert records one by one.

I hope it clarifies things.

Benjamin