[Bug Fix] Assignee id data type

.changes/1.8.1.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+version: 1.8.1
+pr_number: 91
+bug_fixes:
+- description: Fixes a runtime error in `stg_intercom__conversation_history` when
+    `assignee_id` arrives from the source as a string. The conversion of `0` to null
+    added in v1.8.0 now compares the value as text and keeps the column's original
+    type.
+under_the_hood:
+- description: Updates the `assignee_id` datatype in `get_conversation_history_columns`
+    from integer to string to match how the connector delivers the column. This only
+    affects the null-filled column when `assignee_id` is missing from the source.
+date: '2026-11-03'

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+# dbt_intercom v1.8.1
+
+[PR #91](https://github.com/fivetran/dbt_intercom/pull/91) includes the following updates:
+
+## Bug Fix
+- Fixes a runtime error in `stg_intercom__conversation_history` when `assignee_id` arrives from the source as a string. The conversion of `0` to null added in v1.8.0 now compares the value as text and keeps the column's original type.
+
+## Under the Hood
+- Updates the `assignee_id` datatype in `get_conversation_history_columns` from integer to string to match how the connector delivers the column. This only affects the null-filled column when `assignee_id` is missing from the source.
+
 # dbt_intercom v1.8.0
 
 [PR #89](https://github.com/fivetran/dbt_intercom/pull/89) includes the following updates:

dbt_project.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 config-version: 2
 name: 'intercom'
-version: '1.8.0'
+version: '1.8.1'
 require-dbt-version: [">=1.3.0", "<3.0.0"]
 models:
   intercom:

integration_tests/dbt_project.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: 'intercom_integration_tests'
-version: '1.8.0'
+version: '1.8.1'
 profile: 'integration_tests'
 config-version: 2
 

macros/staging/get_conversation_history_columns.sql

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     {"name": "_fivetran_active", "datatype": "boolean"},
     {"name": "_fivetran_start", "datatype": dbt.type_timestamp()},
     {"name": "_fivetran_end", "datatype": dbt.type_timestamp()},
-    {"name": "assignee_id", "datatype": dbt.type_int()},
+    {"name": "assignee_id", "datatype": dbt.type_string()},
     {"name": "conversation_rating_remark", "datatype": dbt.type_int()},
     {"name": "conversation_rating_value", "datatype": dbt.type_int()},
     {"name": "created_at", "datatype": dbt.type_timestamp()},

models/staging/stg_intercom__conversation_history.sql

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ final as (
         source_relation,
         id as conversation_id,
         cast(created_at as {{ dbt.type_timestamp() }}) as created_at,
-        nullif(assignee_id, 0) as assignee_id,
+        case when cast(assignee_id as {{ dbt.type_string() }}) = '0' then null else assignee_id end as assignee_id,
         conversation_rating_value,
         conversation_rating_remark,
         cast(first_contact_reply_created_at as {{ dbt.type_timestamp() }}) as first_contact_reply_created_at,