JSON Parser

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Snap type:

Parse


Description:

This Snap reads JSON binary data from its input view and parses and writes it as JSON document data to its output view.


Prerequisites:

[None]


Support and limitations:

Works in Ultra Task Pipelines

Account: 

Accounts are not used with this Snap.

Views:
InputThis Snap has exactly one binary input view, where it gets the JSON binary data to be parsed.
OutputThis Snap has exactly one document output view, where it provides the JSON document data stream.
Error

This Snap has at most one document error view and produces zero or more documents in the view.

If the Snap fails during the operation, an error document is sent to the error view containing the fields error, reason, original, resolution, and stack trace:

{ 
error: "Cannot parse JSON data"
reason: "Unable to create json parser for the given input stream, Unexpected character ('F' (code 70)): expected a valid value (number, String, array, object, 'true', 'false' or 'null')"
original:  {cache-control:no-store, content-type:text/csv; charset=utf-8, connection:keep-alive, last-modified:{, ...}, etag:W/6c206b5eb3f9f13535158ad7cd09c951, content-length:236, content-dis...} 
resolution: "Please check for correct input JSON data."
stacktrace: "com.Snaplogic.api.ExecutionException:  ...
}

Settings

Label


Required. The name for the Snap. You can modify this to be more specific, especially if you have more than one of the same Snap in your pipeline.

Filter path



The Filter path property specifies the JSON path to the filter to be applied when parsing the given JSON data. The Snap extracts the parts of data that applies to the filter condition. For more information regarding JSON path, refer to the site http://goessner.net/articles/JsonPath/ 
Example: $.items.item.[?]
                $.items.item[?(@.price > 10)]
Default value: [None]
 

Non-standard JSON 


Required. The Non-standard JSON property specifies whether or not the Component should allow non-standard features in the given JSON data. 
Example: Selected 
Default value: Selected 


Process array 

 

Required. The Process array property specifies whether or not the Component should take a root JSON array and writes each element of the array as a JSON document. 

Example: Selected 

Do not select this property if the input data is not in JSON lines format. If it has no newline character and its data size exceeds available memory, it may cause an out of memory error.

Default value: Selected 


JSON lines

This property specifies the Snap's error handling when the input JSON data is newline-delimited JSON (JSON lines) and contains invalid JSON data:

If selected, the Snap writes an error and continues to parse the next JSON lines. The documents in a line after the invalid data are not parsed if the line contains more than one document. Lower performance is expected since the data is parsed one line at a time.
If not selected, the Snap writes an error and stops parsing. The Snap can parse JSON lines if each line has only one document. 

Do not select this property if the input data is not in JSON lines format. If it has no newline character and its data size exceeds available memory, it may cause an out of memory error.

Example: Selected 

Default value: Not selected 

Support Type ExtensionsSelect this checkbox to enable the Snap to format/parse the Snaplogic-specific syntax indicating objects of the special types, such as byte arrays and date objects in JSON. For more information, see the Input Schema Types example.

Snap Execution



Select one of the three modes in which the Snap executes. Available options are:

  • Validate & Execute: Performs limited execution of the Snap, and generates a data preview during Pipeline validation. Subsequently, performs full execution of the Snap (unlimited records) during Pipeline runtime.

  • Execute only: Performs full execution of the Snap during Pipeline execution without generating preview data.

  • Disabled: Disables the Snap and all Snaps that are downstream from it.

Default Value: Execute only
Example: Validate & Execute

Input as a non UTF-8 compliant

JSON Parser Snap supports reading the input file in UTF-8 format only. However, when the input data from the upstream is a non UTF-8 format (such as ISO-8859-13, IBM01144, windows-1258 and so on), use the Transcoder Snap to decode the format back to the UTF-8 compliant and then parse the data.

Examples

 
 JSON Parser with JSON lines selected

JSON Parser with JSON Lines Selected

In the following pipeline, the JSON Parser Snap parses the valid lines from the upstream File Reader Snap and routes the invalid lines to the error view.


The File Reader passes four lines of which one line carries an invalid data with a missing delimiter:

The JSON Parser Snap parses the data from the upstream. Note the output preview displays the valid three lines only:

The invalid line is routed to the error view:

 Reading an input file other than the UTF-8 format

Reading an Input File Other Than the UTF-8 Format

Reading an input file other than the UTF-8 format:

The following pipeline reads the input file in ISO-8859-15 format to generate an output file in UTF-8 format.

The Transcoder Snap converts the incoming ISO-8859-15 format document into the UTF-8 compliant format.

The JSON Parser Snap parses the transcoded upstream document and displays the below output preview:


 Reading an upstream JSON file and Parsing the data

Reading an Upstream JSON File and Parsing the Data

If you have a JSON file that looks like this:

When it is read by a File Reader Snap, the output looks like this:

If you add a JSON Parser Snap after the File Read, the output then looks like this:


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ReleaseSnap Pack VersionDateType Updates
August 2024438patches28073 Latest

Fixed an issue with the JSON Generator and XML Generator Snaps that caused unexpected output displaying '__at__' and '__h__' instead of '@' and '-' respectively because the Snap could not update them to their original values after the Velocity library upgrade.

August 2024438patches27959 Latest

Fixed an issue with the Sort where the Snap could not sort files larger than 52 MB. This fix applies to Join Snap also.

August 2024main27765 StableUpgraded the org.json.json library from v20090211 to v20240303, which is fully backward compatible.
May 2024437patches26643 Latest
  • Fixed an issue with the Sort Snap that displayed an error when estimating the size of the input document provided by the upstream S3 Browser Snap.
  • Fixed an issue with the Parquet Formatter Snap that was unable to route errors to the error view.
May 2024437patches26453 Latest
  • Added expression support to the Skip lines field in the CSV Parser Snap to enable passing pipeline parameters and upstream values. 

  • Fixed an issue with the XML Parser Snap that caused an error when using the Splitter option in the Snap settings. 

May 2024main26341 Stable
  • Added Parquet Parser and Parquet Formatter Snaps to the Transform Snap Pack:
    • Parquet Parser: Reads the binary Parquet data and writes document data to the output.
    • Parquet Formatter: Reads the document data and writes it to the output in binary Parquet format.
  • Enhanced the JSON Splitter Snap to capture metadata and lineage information from the input document.

February 2024436patches25564 Latest

Fixed an issue with the JSON Formatter Snap that generated incorrect schema.

February 2024436patches25292 Latest

Fixed an out-of-memory error issue with the Aggregate Snap. This Snap no longer performs the presort for the input documents.

If the input documents are unsorted and GROUP-BY fields are used, you must use the Sort Snap upstream of the Aggregate Snap to presort the input document stream and set the Sorted stream field Ascending or Descending to prevent the out-of-memory error. However, if the total size of input documents is expected to be relatively small compared to the available memory, then Sort Snap is not required upstream.

Learn more about presorting unsorted input documents to be processed by the Aggregate Snap.

February 2024main25112 StableUpdated and certified against the current SnapLogic Platform release.
November 2023435patches24802 LatestFixed an issue with the Excel Parser Snap that caused a null pointer exception when the input data was an Excel file that did not contain a StylesTable.
November 2023435patches24481 Latest

Fixed an issue with the Aggregate Snap where the Snap was unable to produce the desired number of output documents when the input was unsorted and the GROUP-BY fields field set was used.

November 2023435patches24094 Latest

Fixed a deserialization issue for a unique function in the Aggregate Snap.

November 2023main23721 StableUpdated and certified against the current SnapLogic Platform release.
August 2023434patches23076 LatestFixed an issue with the Binary to Document Snap where an empty input document with Ignore Empty Stream selected caused the Snap to stop executing.
August 2023434patches23034 Latest
  • Fixed an issue with the Transform Snap Pack that caused an error when the input file was a binary JSON file that contained a string value of more than 20,000,000 characters.
  • Fixed a memory issue with the Aggregate Snap that occurred when using GROUP-BY fields.

August 2023434patches22705 Latest

Fixed an issue with the JSON Splitter Snap that caused the pipeline to terminate with excessive memory usage on the Snaplex node after the 4.33 GA upgrade. The Snap now consumes less memory.

August 2023main22460 StableUpdated and certified against the current SnapLogic Platform release.
May 2023433patches22431 Latest
  • Fixed an issue with the Excel Multi Sheet Formatter Snap that caused it to produce binary output data when there was no input document and Ignore empty stream was selected.
  • Introduced the following new Snaps:
    • GeoJSON Parser: Parses geospatial data from binary data input and outputs the contents as a GeoJSON document downstream.

    • WKT Parser: Parses geospatial data from binary data input and outputs the contents as a WKT (Well Known Text) document downstream.

May 2023433patches21779 Latest

The Decrypt Field and Encrypt Field Snaps now support CTR (Counter mode) for the AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) block cipher algorithm.

May 2023433patches21586 Latest

The Decrypt Field Snap now supports the decryption of various encrypted fields on providing a valid decryption key.

May 2023433patches21461 Latest

The following Transform Snaps include new fields to improve memory management: Aggregate, Group By Fields, Group By N, Join, Sort, Unique.

May 2023433patches21336 Latest

Fixed an issue with the AutoPrep Snap where dates could potentially be rendered in a currency format because currency format options were displayed for the DOB column.

May 2023433patches21196 Latest

Enhanced the In-Memory Lookup Snap with the following new fields to improve memory management and help reduce the possibility of out-of-memory failures:

  • Minimum memory (MB)

  • Out-of-memory timeout (minutes)

These new fields replace the Maximum memory % field.

May 2023main21015 StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
February 2023432patches20535 Latest

Fixed an issue with the Encrypt Field Snap, where the Snap failed to support an RSA public key to encrypt a message or field. Now the Snap supports the RSA public key to encrypt the message.

February 2023432patches20446 Latest

The Join Snap is enhanced with the following:

  • The Pipeline Execution Statistics of the Join Snap now has a status message that displays the parameters - Free disk space, Available memory, and Average document size.

  • The internal sort buffer size is reduced to a minimum of 10MB when the available memory in the node becomes lower than 500MB to avoid the out-of-memory crash.

  • The internal sort buffer size is restored to its original size when the available memory becomes larger than 2GB.

  • We have improved the readability of the error message for the out of disk space on node error. The updated error message now provides clearer information and guidance for users, as shown below:
    Reason: Insufficient free disk space available to stage sort data into temporary files.
    Resolution:  Increase the amount of free disk space and try again.

February 2023

432patches20250

 Latest
  • Fixed an issue with the JSON Splitter Snap that was causing errors when using multiple repeated dots in the JSON Path.
  • The Sort Snap includes the following improvements:

    • The Maximum memory % field is revised to Maximum memory.

    • The Maximum memory unit (new dropdown list) enables you to choose a unit, percentage (%), or MB for better memory control.

February 2023432patches20151 Stable/Latest

Fixed an issue that occurred with the JSON Splitter Snap when used in an Ultra pipeline. The request was acknowledged before it was processed by the downstream Snaps, which caused a 400 Bad Request response.

February 2023432patches20062 Stable/LatestFixed the behavior of the JSON Splitter Snap for some use cases where its behavior was not backward compatible with the 4.31 GA version. These cases involved certain uses of either the Include scalar parents feature or the Include Paths feature.
February 2023432patches19974 Stable/Latest

Fixed the "Json Splitter expects a list" error by restoring the JSON Splitter Snap's previous behavior of handling the case where the document element referenced by the JSON Path to Split field is an object instead of a list or array.

Review your pipelines where this error occurred to check your assumptions about the input to the JSON Splitter and whether the value referenced by the JSON Path to Split field will always be a list. If the input is provided by an XML-based or SOAP-based Snap like the Workday or NetSuite Snaps, a result set or child collection that’s an array when there's more than one result or child will be an object when there's only one result or child. In these cases, we recommend using a Mapper Snap and the sl.ensureArray() function to ensure that the value being split by the JSON Splitter is always an array (even for the single element cases).

February 2023432patches19918 Stable/Latest
  • Fixed an issue with the CSV Formatter Snap where the Unicode character delimiters using [0-9a-f] did not work.

  • Fixed an issue with the JSON Splitter Snap that was generating null values for empty input data.

February 2023main19844 StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
November 2022431patches19441 Stable

The Encrypt Field Snap supports decryption of encrypted output in Snowflake Snaps.

November 2022431patches19385 Latest

The Transform Join Snap now doesn’t fail with the Null Pointer Exception when you configure the Sorted streams field with Ascending.

November 2022431patches19359 LatestThe JSON Splitter Snap includes memory improvements and a new Exclude List from Output Documents checkbox. This checkbox enables you to prevent the list that is split from getting included in output documents, and this also improves memory usage.
November 2022main18944 Stable
  • The Excel Formatter and Excel Multi Sheet Formatter Snaps now include a Convert formula strings to formulas checkbox.
  • The Mapper Snap now has a Sorted checkbox in the Input Schema and Target Schema panels, which allows you to sort the input and target schemas. When unchecked, the Snap unsorts the input and the target schema.

October 2022430patches18800 LatestThe Sort and Join Snaps now have improved memory management, allowing used memory to be released when the Snap stops processing.
October 2022430patches18610 Latest

The CSV Formatter and CSV Parser Snaps now support shorter values of Unicode characters.

 
October 2022430patches18454 Latest
  • The AutoPrep feature now includes the following new transformation options that enable you to:
    • Change the field data type from Data type menu.
    • Format dates and date Strings.
    • Rename a field.
    • Mask sensitive data using an MD5, SHA-1, SHA-256, or SHA-512 algorithm.
  • The data in the Preview data pane format is easier to read and the buttons have been changed to improve usability.

The CSV Parser Snap now parses data with empty values in the columns when using a multi-character delimiter.

September 2022430patches18119 Latest

The Transcoder Snap used in a low-latency feed Ultra Pipeline now acknowledges the requests correctly.

September 2022430patches17802 Latest

The Avro Parser Snap now displays the decimal number correctly in the output view if the column’s logical type is defined as a decimal.

September 2022430patches17737 Stable/LatestAutoPrep now enables you to handle empty or null values.
September 2022430patches17643 LatestThe CSV Parser and CSV Formatter Snaps now support either \ or \\ for a single backslash delimiter which were failing earlier.
September 2022430patches17589 Latest

The CSV Formatter Snap does not hang when running in specific situations involving multibyte characters in a long field. If you notice the CSV Formatter Snap is hung, we recommend that you update to the 430patches17589 version and restart your Snaplex.

August 2022main17386 Stable
  • New Snap Application: The Auto Prep Snap provides a data preparation application where you can flatten structured data, include and exclude data fields, and change data types before forwarding the data for further processing.

  • The Hide whitespace option in the CSV Generator and JSON Generator Snaps allows you to hide the rendering of whitespace as symbols (dot or underscore) in the output that you may have in the CSV or JSON input documents.

  • The Render whitespace checkbox in the Mapper Snap enables or disables the rendering of whitespace in the input document. When a value in the Expression field has blank spaces (leading, trailing, or spaces in the middle of a string), the spaces are rendered as symbols (dot “.” or underscore “_”) in the output on selecting this checkbox.

  • The Excel Parser Snap includes the Custom Locale dropdown list that allows selecting a user-defined locale for formatting numbers..

  • The Selected fields in the Pivot Snap allow you to define fields to be unpivoted so that the remaining fields are automatically pivoted.

  • The XML Generator Snap includes examples on how to escape single (') and double quotes (“) when used with elements or attributes.

4.29 Patch429patches16990 Latest
  • Fixed an issue with the Aggregate Snap where the Snap failed to validate (after first successful validation) while using a field that may contain a date for MIN and MAX functions. The Snap now supports DATE-type fields.
  • Enhanced the Pivot Snap with the Treat selected fields as static checkbox that enables the Snap to treat the selected fields as static to preserve the structure of the selected fields while all other fields are pivoted.

4.29 Patch429patches16923 Latest
  • Enhanced the CSV Formatter and CSV Parser Snaps to support multiple characters or strings as delimiters.
  • Fixed an issue with the Join Snap where the Snap displayed an incorrect error if the Left path or Right path fields were expression-enabled or if you have specified properties other than the field name and irrespective of whether the Sorted streams field is Unsorted or not. For example, "$first + '2' . Now, the Snap runs properly if the Left path or Right path was expression enabled and you have specified properties other than the field name and the Sorted streams field is Sorted or Unsorted. The Snap now displays a proper error that is more informative, in case there is a problem while executing this Snap.

  • Fixed an issue with CSV Parser Snap where the Snap failed when more than six characters are used as delimiters. Now, the Snap executes properly when you use more than six characters as delimiters.

4.29 Patch429patches16521 Latest
  • Removed the default value for the Root element field in the XML Formatter Snap.
  • Fixed an issue with the Transcoder Snap where the Input character-set field was not displaying the suggestions properly.
4.29 Patch429patches16026 LatestEnhanced the Excel Parser Snap with the Custom Locale dropdown list that allows you to select a user-defined locale to format numbers as per the selected locale.
4.29main15993 Stable
  • Fixed an issue with CSV Formatter and CSV Generator Snaps that displayed an incorrect error when one or more header values in the CSV file were missing. This error is now routed to the error view.

  • Fixed an issue with the CSV Parser Snap, where the Snap stopped indefinitely while processing certain inputs.

  • Fixed an issue with the CSV Formatter Snap, where the escape character selected was not used.

  • Updated the CSV library used in the CSV Generator, CSV Parser, and CSV Formatter Snaps. This library update enforces values for each column in a parsed CSV header.

  • Enhanced the XML Formatter Snap with the Output Character Set field. You can select the character set you want for your binary output. For example, UTF-8 or ISO860.

4.28 patch428patches14370 Latest

Fixed an issue with the XML Generator Snap, where the Snap failed with an invalid UTF-8 sequence error when running on the Windows Snaplex.

4.28main14627 StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.27 Patch427patches12966 LatestEnhanced the Avro Formatter Snap to display meaningful error message while processing invalid and null values from the input.
4.27main12989Stable and Latest

Fixed an issue in the Group by Fields Snap that caused the Snap to abort with an error when executed with zero input documents. 

4.27main12833Stable
  • Added dynamic memory management to the Group By Fields Snap, which can activate with the following settings: 

    • Memory Sensitivity: The Snap's response to the memory changes. 

    • Min Part Size: The minimum part size that you want the Snap to split larger groups into multiple parts. 

  • Enhanced the JSON FormatterJSON Generator, and JSON Parser Snaps with the Support Type Extensions checkbox. On selecting this checkbox, the Snap supports SnapLogic-specific syntax for representing non-standard data types such as byte arrays and date objects in JSON.
  • Added the following checkboxes in the Excel Multi Sheet Formatter Snap:

    • Convert numeric string to number: Sets the behavior of the Snap when a value in the input document is a numeric string. This checkbox supports the conversion of numeric values to string values.

    • Translate date and time types: Sets the behavior of the Snap when a value in the input document is a date and datetime type. This checkbox supports translating date and time types to Excel date numeric type with date format style.

4.26 Patch426patches12086

LatestFixed an issue with the Join Snap, where it exhausted the memory while buffering millions of objects.
4.26 Patch426patches11780Latest

Fixed an issue in the XML Formatter Snap, where the Map input to first repeating element in XSD checkbox is selected, while no XSD is specified for mapping the input.

4.26 Patch426patches11725 LatestFixed an issue with the Join Snap where the upstream document flow of the right view is blocked by the left view, which hung the Join Snap.
4.26main11181
 
Stable
  • Enhanced the JSON Splitter Snap with a new field Show Null Values for Include Paths that enables the Snap to show key-value entries of the null values for the objects added to the Include Paths field in the output document.
  • Enhanced the Join Snap with a new field Available Memory Threshold (%) that enables the Snap to keep all the Right-input view documents with the same join-path values in memory until the join operation is done for the specific join-path values.
4.25 Patch425patches10663
 
Latest

Fixed an issue in the CSV Formatter Snap, where even if the Ignore empty stream checkbox is not enabled, the Snap did not produce an empty binary stream output in case there is no input document.

4.25 Patch425patches10152
 
Latest
  • Replaced the Strict XSD output field with Map input to first repeating element in XSD field in the XML Formatter Snap. If selected, the Snap ignores the root element from the XSD file.

  • Enhanced the CSV Parser Snap with a new checkbox Preserve Surrounding Spaces that enables you to preserve the surrounding spaces for the values that are non-quoted.
4.25 Patch 425patches9815
 
Latest

Fixed a ClassCastException error in the Avro Parser Snap and handling of the map, fixed, enum, and bytes data types in the Avro Formatter and Avro Parser Snaps.

4.25 Patch425patches9749
 
Latest

Enhanced XML Parser Snap to recognize input headers when defining inbound schema. 

4.25 Patch425patches9638-Latest

Reverts the Join Snap to the 4.24 release behavior. This is in response to an issue encountered in the Join Snap in the 4.25 release version (main9554), which can result in incorrect outputs from all Join Types. 425patches9638 is the default version for both stable and latest Transform Snap Pack versions for orgs that are on the 4.25 release version. No action is required by customers to receive this update and no impact is anticipated.

4.25main9554
 
Stable

Enhanced the Group By N Snap with the following settings: 

  • Memory Sensitivity: The Snap's response to the memory changes. 
  • Group Size: The maximum number of input documents to be grouped into a single output document.
  • Min Group Size: The minimum number of input documents to be grouped into a single output document.
4.24 Patch424patches8938
 
Latest
  • Fixed the timestamp issue in the JSON Formatter Snap that changed the time zone offset to include colon by default after upgrading to 4.24.

  • Fixed the null pointer exception at runtime in the Fixed Width Parser Snap by setting the Trim column data field to false for empty columns.
  • Enhances the Group By N Snap to process the records efficiently by adding the Flush Timeout field that enables the Snap to flush a partial group of records if the time specified in this field passes with no new input.
4.24main8556
 
StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.23 Patch423patches7958
  
Latest

Fixes an issue in the JSON Splitter Snap by logging an error when the matcher does not find a pattern.

4.23 Patch423patches7898
 
Latest
  • Fixes an issue in the In-Memory Lookup Snap to correctly handle the Join path in the format like $['join path'].

  • Fixes an issue in the XSLT Snap, wherein null binary header values are now converted to blank strings when injecting them as parameters in the stylesheet.
4.23 Patch423patches7792
 
Latest

Fixes an issue in the XML Formatter Snap when it fails to convert input JSON data, with JSON property having a special character as its prefix, to XML format by sorting the elements.

4.23 Patch423patches7753
Latest

Fixes an issue with the JSON Splitter Snap's behavior in Ultra Pipelines that prevents processed requests to be acknowledged and removed from the FeedMaster queue, resulting in retries of requests that are already processed successfully.

4.23main7430
 
Stable

Enhances the JSON Formatter Snap to render groups output from upstream (Group by) Snaps with one document per group and a new line per group element. You can now select the Format each document and JSON lines check boxes simultaneously.

4.22 Patch422patches6395
Latest

Fixes the JSON Splitter Snap data corruption issue by copying the data in JSON Splitter Snap before sending it to other downstream Snaps.

4.22 Patch422patches6505
Latest

Fixes the XML Generator Snap issue reflecting empty tags and extra space by removing the extra space in the XML output.

4.22main6403
 
LatestUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.21 Patch421patches5901
Latest

Enhances the JSON Generator Snap to include pass-through functionality where the Snap embeds the upstream input document under the original field of the output document along with other records.

4.21 Patch421patches5848
 
Latest
  • Fixes the Sort Snap that fails while performing sorting, displaying a NoClassDefFoundError.  
  • Fixes the Excel Formatter Snap that fails to create an empty worksheet when you do not select the Ignore Empty Stream checkbox.
4.21snapsmrc542-Stable

Adds support in the Mapper Snap to display schemas with complex nesting. For example, if Snaps downstream from the

4.20 Patchtransform8792-Latest

Resolves the NoClassDefFoundError in the Join Snap on Windows Snaplex instances.

4.20 Patchtransform8788-Latest

Resolves the NullPointerException in the Join Snap on Windows Snaplex instances.

4.20 Patchtransform8760-Latest
  • Fixes an issue with the CSV Parser Snap wherein the Snap fails when it is configured in the new Form UI if the Contains headers and Validate headers fields are not selected but empty rows exist in the Column names field.
  • Fixes the JSON Formatter Snap to filter the input data based on the value specified in the Content field in the Snap settings when the JSON lines field is also selected. Previously, the Snap was writing the entire input data to the output file.

The JSON Formatter Snap output now includes only those fields from the input file that are specified in the Content field under Settings. 

If your Pipelines use the JSON Formatter Snap with the JSON lines field selected, they may fail to execute correctly if the Content field mentions a specific object or field but the downstream Snap is expecting the entire data. Hence, for backward compatibility, you must review the entries in the Content field based on the desired output, as follows: 

  • Enter to include all the fields in the output.
    OR
  • Enter or select the specific fields to restrict the output to. 

The behavior of the Snap when the JSON lines field is not selected is correct and remains unchanged.  

The Example: Filtering Output Data Using the JSON Formatter Snap's Content Setting further illustrates the corrected vs the old behavior.

  • Fixes an issue in the XML Generator Snap due to which the custom XML data in the Edit XML field got ignored when inbound schema and root XML element were also provided, and instead, the output was generated from upstream data. For Pipelines with a standalone XML Generator Snap, a "Premature end of file" error was displayed. 

XML Generator Snap behavior might break existing Pipelines

The XML Generator Snap now gives precedence to any custom XML data that is provided over data coming from upstream Snaps, to generate the output. 

Existing Pipelines using the XML Generator Snap may fail in the following scenarios. Use the resolution provided to update the Snap settings based on the XML data you want to pass to downstream Snaps.

Breaking Scenario

Resolution

Downstream Snaps expect XML output from upstream Snaps, but custom XML data exists in the XML Generator Snap.

  • To use custom XML data, ensure that the Inbound schema and XML root element are specified and custom XML data is entered using the Edit XML option.
  • To use data from upstream Snaps, ensure that the Inbound schema and XML root element fields are blank and no custom XML data exists in the XML editor.


In the XML Generator Snap settings, the XML root element and Inbound schema are specified but no custom XML data is provided. This will generate a validation error. 
In the XML Generator Snap settings, custom XML data is provided and Validate XML checkbox is selected, but XML root element and Inbound schema are not specified. This will generate a validation error.
4.20 Patchtransform8738-Latest
  • Fixes the error that occurs while transforming an XML document into a string or while using the Excel Formatter Snap by retaining only one version of the Saxon library – net.sf.Saxon: Saxon-HE:9.6.0-10 across the Transform Snap Pack.
  • Fixes null handling in the Aggregate Snap whereby changing the order of entries in the Aggregate fields fieldset results in different outputs when the input documents contain one or more null values.
  • Fixes the issue with the Excel Parser Snap whereby the Snap does not parse the date and time correctly for custom date formats.
4.20snapsmrc535-StableUpgraded with the latest SnapLogic Platform release.
4.19 Patchtransform8280-Latest

Fixed an issue with the Excel Parser Snap wherein the Snap incorrectly outputs Unformatted General Number format. 

4.19snaprsmrc52