When flow tries to run we get the following error: failed with error: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: <field_name> is not a valid dot-walk for record <table_name>:<sys_id_of_record> - Support and Troubleshooting

When flow tries to run we get the following error: failed with error: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: is not a valid dot-walk for record : Issue flow errors out when it tries to executes we get the following sample NPE: Flow Designer: Operation(Create A Request./start) failed with error: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: name is not a valid dot-walk for record u_division_one:e94c1a583c607d0098d77544db388b98 at com.snc.process_flow.val.transform.GRDotWalker.getElement(GRDotWalker.java:135) at com.snc.process_flow.val.transform.GRDotWalker.value(GRDotWalker.java:41) at com.snc.process_flow.val.transform.DotWalker.value(DotWalker.java:35) at com.snc.process_flow.val.InVal.valueReady(InVal.java:235) at com.snc.process_flow.val.OutVal.lambda$value$0(OutVal.java:61) at java.lang.Iterable.forEach(Iterable.java:75) at com.snc.process_flow.val.OutVal.value(OutVal.java:61) at com.snc.process_flow.engine.DirectiveOperation.lambda$run$0(DirectiveOperation.java:18) at com.google.common.collect.RegularImmutableMap.forEach(RegularImmutableMap.java:185) at com.snc.process_flow.engine.DirectiveOperation.run(DirectiveOperation.java:13) at com.snc.process_flow.engine.Operation.execute(Operation.java:165) at com.snc.process_flow.engine.ProcessEngine.executeOps(ProcessEngine.java:498) at com.snc.process_flow.engine.ProcessEngine.run(ProcessEngine.java:414) at com.snc.process_flow.engine.ProcessAutomation.run(ProcessAutomation.java:66) at com.snc.process_flow.engine.GlideProcessAutomation.runSync(GlideProcessAutomation.java:158) at com.snc.process_flow.engine.GlideProcessAutomation.runWithDomain(GlideProcessAutomation.java:261) at com.snc.process_flow.engine.GlideProcessAutomation.lambda$runAsUserSync$1(GlideProcessAutomation.java:239) at com.snc.process_flow.engine.PFSessionClone.run(PFSessionClone.java:58) at com.snc.process_flow.engine.GlidePFSession.runPlanAsUserSession(GlidePFSession.java:42) at com.snc.process_flow.engine.GlideProcessAutomation.runAsUserSync(GlideProcessAutomation.java:237) at com.snc.process_flow.engine.GlideProcessAutomation.messageFlow(GlideProcessAutomation.java:292) at com.snc.process_flow.engine.ProcessHubEventHandler.doSendMessage(ProcessHubEventHandler.java:301) at com.snc.process_flow.engine.ProcessHubEventHandler.process(ProcessHubEventHandler.java:77) at com.glide.policy.EventProcessor.process(EventProcessor.java:261) at com.glide.policy.EventProcessor.processEventDuringNormalOperation(EventProcessor.java:225) at com.glide.policy.EventProcessor.processEvent(EventProcessor.java:149) at com.glide.policy.EventProcessor.process(EventProcessor.java:102) at com.glide.policy.EventManager.processEvents(EventManager.java:310) at com.glide.policy.EventManager._process(EventManager.java:185) at com.glide.policy.EventManager.processDelegatedEvents(EventManager.java:159) Resolution the issue is due to an inline script trying to dot walk to an invalid field name use the correct field name, save & publish flow