![]() ![]() Since all entities start with an ampersand (&), it might make discovery a little easier, but even so, this has got to be the worst possible pathway. This is about as ugly as it gets and likely to lead to lots of missed entities. With the judicious use of lookup and/or rollup fields, you can also compute values based on values from other tables. This is not easily predictable and Airtable doesn’t provide the ability to perform a global HTML entity transformation (i.e., Script Blocks do not allow use of the DOM thus ruling out a universal decoding process). Leveraging formulas in Airtable Updated on 14 Minutes to read Print Dark Formulas allow you to compute values based on values in other fields. Both of these options come with a lot of issues such as knowing in advance all of the “odd” situations the source content may include. Or, you could do something similar in a Script Block. Lets explore some of these: Python has a set of reserved keywords that have special meanings. There are several common causes of Synta圎rror: invalid syntax in Python. This could be done with formulas looking for every instance of the “odd” texts and either eliminating them altogether or transforming them into their decided equivalents. This could be due to a variety of reasons, and the exact cause can usually be identified by looking at the code line and character pointed out in the error message. There’s a good chance transformation into plain text should make the outcomes more predictable, but you may lose some formatting that is actually needed when the content arrives in Airtable. This approach likely requires the use of special Integromat HTML or text functions that can be weaved into the automation process. While Apps Script has excellent libraries for encoding and decoding HTML entities, it does require code and process automation to use them in this scenario. This requires Google Apps Script to transform every record as it arrives and before Integromat retrieves it. This probably requires that you determine why the encoding issues are occurring in the first place and modify that process to eliminate them.Īdd a Sanitization Process at Google Sheets Well, as I mentioned in previous messages, many things can be done if you have skills (or budget) or you’re comfortable with an incomplete or difficult-to-sustain and maintain approach. ![]() I just thought that perhaps something could have been done in Airtable or Google Sheets. ![]() Or, you could just roll the dice and hope all is corrected with plain text in Integromat. Rather than leaping to this conclusion or any other implementation approach, you should fully map the content lifecycle to determine how best to eliminate this issue. ![]() Google Apps Script has the ability to remedy character encoding challenges, but it requires javascript development. This can cause the encoding issue you are seeing. If users are manually copying and pasting web content into a Google sheet, they are likely pasting into spreadsheet cells “with formatting”. If true, the remedy should ideally be at the point of creation, not downstream in Integromat. Given that this content is entering “GS spreadsheet” which I assume to mean Google Sheets, it got there through some process that is likely the source of the encoding problems. It’s very difficult to advise you further without knowing more about the lifecycle of this content. Many messages ago I asked - How does this content get created? It appears this is still not revealed but this is important because there’s a point where the encoding issues initially arise. The text will first be in GS spreadsheet, can GS remove the HTML entities? ![]()
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