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Cannot set integer variable to 0 in new designer

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Posted on by margitcurtright 12

I have a loop in my flow that sets the variable vintCount to 0 and increment it as I go through the loop. But now I get this error:

 

Invalid parameter for 'Set vintCount'. Error: 'Value' is required.

 

It saves happily if I switch back to the old designer.

Every article I have seen on setting up a loop depends on starting with the variable at zero.

Any idea what's up?

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  • DJ_Jamba Profile Picture
    DJ_Jamba 2,837 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at
    Re: Cannot set integer variable to 0 in new designer

    Hi @margitcurtright 

    I don't use the new designer at all - I find it really buggy.

    Anyway, assuming you have initialised the variable at the top of the flow and you are using the Increment variable action to increment it, sometimes when you set a variable in a loop and in the new designer, it loses the value you want to set it to.
    Go to the action that sets the variable and re-enter zero

  • margitcurtright Profile Picture
    margitcurtright 12 on at
    Re: Cannot set integer variable to 0 in new designer

    No way to get this to save in new designer. 

     

    It seems that the new designer can't handle comments (yet). I think I'll add a comment to each of my flows to force them to open in the old designer.

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