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I am pulling data from API.
One of my columns is a complex column (CDR_LIST) that has List of Records that contain other Lists, etc....
I don't want to Expand/Parse this column now, but, instead, I would like to add a TEXT column that extracts all the information from the CDR_LIST column as a text, so I can use it later (I am working with Dataflow). The text can be a JSON or other text but I want the new column Data Type to be TEXT (ABC), not list.
Please help
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One would assume that the API produces JSON output. You can treat that as text.
HOW can I (dataflow) treat is a a text?
That's exactly my question.
Look at the screenshot - last column. It is shown as a List, not ABC-Text.
How can I save it as Text?
You would do that before you interpret the API response as JSON.
I use a regular Web.Contents connector which returns Binary.
That is my question - HOW do I convert it as Text column?
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