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support JSON data type

chuck_irvine

It would be great if a JSON data type could be supported somehow at the GUI layer. Single valued variables are too limiting in the context of a large quantity of business data. For example, I'd like to be able to store the JSON data returned by a REST API call. Is this currently possible in any way? If not, how difficult would it be to add this functionality? Thanks

Chuck Irvine

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jbarrez

a JSON variable type was added in recent releases of the engine.
Note sure what you mean with 'at the GUI layer'?

chuck_irvine

First, I was referring to the latest subscription version. Let me give an example, but I assume that there are more use cases.

Say that I've implemented a "REST call task" from the process modeler "Activities" drop down list. As a result of the task being called, a JSON object is returned to GUI layer. My question is: Can I take that JSON object and store it in a process variable and use individual JSON values (leaf fields) to populate form read-only values?

I see in the GUI for creating new process variables a data type called "group". Might a process variable of this datatype be applicable?

jbarrez

(Moving to enterprise forum)

The rest call result can indeed be used to store process variables in the process. I even think that's by default, and you do some processing on it.