# Separating parameters from a list to individual fields
**URL:** https://community.make.com/t/separating-parameters-from-a-list-to-individual-fields/27277
**Category:** Questions
**Tags:** wordpress, google-sheets, arrays, mapping
**Created:** [February 13, 2024, 6:03am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/separating-parameters-from-a-list-to-individual-fields/27277 "2024-02-13T06:03:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 14
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### Author:  [@floripaolo](https://community.make.com/u/floripaolo)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2024, 6:03am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/separating-parameters-from-a-list-to-individual-fields/27277/1 "2024-02-13T06:03:56Z")
Hello
I am reading a list of numbers (comma separated) from a cell in Google sheets and I need to insert them individually to create a WP post.
Additionally those tags can vary in number. They can sometimes be 2, 3 or 4 (like in this case).
Thanks
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### Author:  [@samliew](https://community.make.com/u/samliew)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2024, 7:00am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/separating-parameters-from-a-list-to-individual-fields/27277/3 "2024-02-13T07:00:44Z")
Use `{{ split(11.`D`; ",") }}` in an iterator.
Use an array aggregator to map into the Values field (Turn on the “Map” toggle)
Every result (item/record) from a search/match module will output a bundle. To “combine” them into a single structure, you’ll need to use an aggregator of some sort.
[Aggregators](https://www.make.com/en/help/modules/aggregator.html) are modules that accumulate multiple bundles into one single bundle. An example of a commonly-used aggregator module is the [Array aggregator](https://www.make.com/en/help/tools/flow-control.html#array-aggregator) module. The next popular aggregator is the [Text Aggregator](https://www.make.com/en/help/tools/tools.html#text-aggregator) which is very flexible and has applies to many use-cases.
### Read this
The Array Aggregator module allows you to build a complex array of collections for a later module’s field to map multiple items (collections) to it.
Here is an example of using the “Target structure type” of an Array Aggregator module:
As you can see, the “Map” toggle on fields are used when you have an array. You can easily build an array variable to map to a field, by using an Array Aggregator module and select the “Target Structure Type” as the future field you want to map the array into.
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### Author:  [@floripaolo](https://community.make.com/u/floripaolo)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2024, 8:56am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/separating-parameters-from-a-list-to-individual-fields/27277/4 "2024-02-13T08:56:01Z")
HI
Thanks for that!
I’ve setup the aggregator, but I seem not to be able to map the actual data into the fields.
I tried mapping the arrays, the values, with numbers or without, but I always get an error message.
Or by mapping:
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### Author:  [@samliew](https://community.make.com/u/samliew)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2024, 10:03am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/separating-parameters-from-a-list-to-individual-fields/27277/5 "2024-02-13T10:03:54Z")
Okay, looks like you don’t need an iterator or aggregator.
Just `{{ split(11.`D`; ",") }}` directly into the Values field.
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### Author:  [@floripaolo](https://community.make.com/u/floripaolo)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2024, 10:32am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/separating-parameters-from-a-list-to-individual-fields/27277/6 "2024-02-13T10:32:46Z")
Thanks but I keep getting an error.
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### Author:  [@samliew](https://community.make.com/u/samliew)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/separating-parameters-from-a-list-to-individual-fields/27277/7 "2024-02-13T11:01:30Z")
Your error comes from the other field, playlist, which is empty.
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### Author:  [@floripaolo](https://community.make.com/u/floripaolo)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2024, 11:17am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/separating-parameters-from-a-list-to-individual-fields/27277/8 "2024-02-13T11:17:30Z")
Right!
Now the tags work! Thank you!!
And I have an additional problem: playlists can be empty. how do I make ignore it and just leave the field empty?
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### Author:  [@samliew](https://community.make.com/u/samliew)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2024, 12:43pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/separating-parameters-from-a-list-to-individual-fields/27277/9 "2024-02-13T12:43:50Z")
You can use the built-in function `ifempty` with `emptystring`
e.g.:
```plaintext
{{ ifempty(variable; emptystring) }}
```
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### Author:  [@floripaolo](https://community.make.com/u/floripaolo)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/separating-parameters-from-a-list-to-individual-fields/27277/10 "2024-02-13T15:31:56Z")
H @samliew
Thanks for those links. I started the Academy a few days ago…
I actually came up with that same expression, but it doesn’t work for some reason… 🙁
I still get the same error message:
- Missing value of required parameter ‘values’.
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### Author:  [@samliew](https://community.make.com/u/samliew)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2024, 3:40pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/separating-parameters-from-a-list-to-individual-fields/27277/11 "2024-02-13T15:40:34Z")
Instead of emptystring, try:
- ignore
- space
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### Author:  [@floripaolo](https://community.make.com/u/floripaolo)
#### Post date: [February 13, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.make.com/t/separating-parameters-from-a-list-to-individual-fields/27277/12 "2024-02-13T15:50:28Z")
🙁
None of them work…
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### Author:  [@D\_Sparrow](https://community.make.com/u/D_Sparrow)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2024, 12:27am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/separating-parameters-from-a-list-to-individual-fields/27277/13 "2024-02-15T00:27:53Z")
Ive come across this error. Un-map (turn off mapping) that field so it is NOT updated. Now, add a New Update Wordpress Post module, this will only update 1 thing, can you guess? Now connect it to the original one but with a Filter that blocks the flow IF that variable IS Empty. HTH.
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### Author:  [@floripaolo](https://community.make.com/u/floripaolo)
#### Post date: [February 15, 2024, 7:47am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/separating-parameters-from-a-list-to-individual-fields/27277/14 "2024-02-15T07:47:32Z")
Nice workaround!!
Thanks a lot!!
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### Author:  [@Make\_Bot](https://community.make.com/u/Make_Bot)
#### Post date: [February 29, 2024, 8:32am UTC](https://community.make.com/t/separating-parameters-from-a-list-to-individual-fields/27277/15 "2024-02-29T08:32:11Z")