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This must be a simple setting somewhere, but my searches have not found one. Messages such as:
Uncaught Exception: Client error: `PUT https://api.smartsheet.com/2.0/sheets/8176365615769476/rows` resulted in a `400 Bad Request` response:{ "errorCode" : 1008, "message" : "Unable to parse request. The following error occurred: Field \"predecessors\" was (truncated...)
... are not helpful. Any advice?
Hi SnackyPete,
It looks like whatever tool you're using for the call truncated the full error message.
I was able to use the endpoint that you provided to obtain the refId to your call on the backend.
Please contact support directly and provide the following refId for the error in the contact form:
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