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• Both _parameters and $fields are available.

• Exceptions

  • The database Insert/Table List Snaps do not allow input fields to be referenced; only pipeline parameters are available.

  • $fields cannot be used in binary Snaps, only in Document Snaps. A common error is trying to reference a an upstream Snaps Snap $field in a File Writer.

JSONPath Properties in Snaps

• Fields are available.
• Pipeline parameters can be accessed in expressions components in the path.  For example, to access a field that is specified by a pipeline parameter you can write: $.foo.bar[(_myParam)].
• Pipeline parameters cannot be mixed into the result of a JSON-path query.

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