Creating a JSON Input Data Source
The JSON connector allows the retrieval and processing of JSON files, either from a disk, a Text, or from a defined URL.
- In the New Data Source page, select Input > Json in the Connector drop-down list.
- Select the JSON File Source.
- Select either the period (.) or comma (,) as the Decimal Separator.
Prepend 'default:' for the elements falling under default namespace. - Click
to the fetch the schema based on the connection details. This populates the list
of columns with the data type found from inspecting the first ānā rows of the input data source. - You can also opt to load or save a copy of the column definition.
- Click
to add columns and specify their properties:
Property Description Name
The column name of the source schema.
Json Path
The Json Path of the source schema.
Type
The data type of the column. Can be a Text, Numeric, or Time.
Date Format
The format when the data type is Time.
Enabled
Determines whether the message field should be processed.
To delete a column, check its
or all the column entries, check the topmost
, then click
.
- Click
. The new data source is added in the Data Sources list.
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