Altair® Panopticon

 

Creating Data Extract from JSON

The JSON connector allows the retrieval and processing of JSON files, either from a disk, a Text, or from a defined URL.

Steps:

1.     On the New Data Extract page, select JSON in the Connector drop-down list.

2.     Select the JSON File Source.

3.     Enter the Record Path (e.g., myroot.items.item).

4.     Select either the dot (.) or comma (,) as the Decimal Separator.

5.     Click  to the fetch the schema based on the connection details. Consequently, the list of columns with the data type found from inspecting the first ‘n’ rows of the input data source is populated and the Save button is enabled.

6.     You can also opt to load or save a copy of the column definition.

7.     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 .

8.     Click  to save  and display the details of the data extract.

9.     Click  then  to display the data preview.