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arkiboys2
Helper IV
2 years ago
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reading json file

hello,

using the ADF dataflow, I use the flatten activity to read the json file...
How can I do this in fabric?

thank you

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    2 years ago

    Hi arkiboys2 ,

    Thanks for using Fabric Community.
    I tried to upload JSON file into DataFlow Gen 2 and here is my result,

    Sample Json:

    [
    {
        "id": 1,
        "items": [
            {
                "name": "Headphones",
                "price": 79.99,
                "quantity": 1
            },
            {
                "name": "Notebook",
                "price": 9.99,
                "quantity": 2
            }
        ],
        "customer": {
            "name": "Alice Smith",
            "address": {
                "street": "10 Main St",
                "city": "Anytown",
                "state": "CA",
                "zip": "98765"
            },
            "phone": "555-123-4567"
        }
    },
    {
        "id": 2,
        "items": [
            {
                "name": "T-Shirt",
                "price": 14.99,
                "quantity": 1
            },
            {
                "name": "Mug",
                "price": 5.99,
                "quantity": 1
            },
            {
                "name": "Pen Set",
                "price": 3.49,
                "quantity": 2
            }
        ],
        "customer": {
            "name": "Bob Jones",
            "address": {
                "street": "25 Elm St",
                "city": "Springfield",
                "state": "NY",
                "zip": "10001"
            },
            "phone": "555-567-8901"
        }
    }
]

     
    Uploading Json File into Dataflow Gen 2:



    Output in Dataflow Gen 2:


    You can find each and every operation/steps it performed at right corner.

    Can you please upload your json file into dataflow gen2? 

    Hope this is helpful. Please let me know incase of further queries.

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  • Anonymous's avatar
    Anonymous
    Not applicable
    2 years ago

    Hi arkiboys2 ,

    Thanks for using Fabric Community.

    I’d recommend connecting to the JSON directly in Dataflow Gen2 to perform the flatten operation if it just a single file.

     

    If there are multiple or it’s a large file, I’d suggest looking at the Copy activity in Data pipeline to land it into the lakehouse and then Dataflow Gen2 to connect and flatten.

    Hope this is helpful. Please do let me know incase of further queries.

    • arkiboys2's avatar
      arkiboys2
      Helper IV
      2 years ago

      yes the files are in the storage account.

      how can I flatten the data in dataflowgen2? there is no flatten activity.

      thank you

      • Anonymous's avatar
        Anonymous
        Not applicable
        2 years ago

        Hi arkiboys2 ,

        Thanks for using Fabric Community.
        I tried to upload JSON file into DataFlow Gen 2 and here is my result,

        Sample Json:

        [
    {
        "id": 1,
        "items": [
            {
                "name": "Headphones",
                "price": 79.99,
                "quantity": 1
            },
            {
                "name": "Notebook",
                "price": 9.99,
                "quantity": 2
            }
        ],
        "customer": {
            "name": "Alice Smith",
            "address": {
                "street": "10 Main St",
                "city": "Anytown",
                "state": "CA",
                "zip": "98765"
            },
            "phone": "555-123-4567"
        }
    },
    {
        "id": 2,
        "items": [
            {
                "name": "T-Shirt",
                "price": 14.99,
                "quantity": 1
            },
            {
                "name": "Mug",
                "price": 5.99,
                "quantity": 1
            },
            {
                "name": "Pen Set",
                "price": 3.49,
                "quantity": 2
            }
        ],
        "customer": {
            "name": "Bob Jones",
            "address": {
                "street": "25 Elm St",
                "city": "Springfield",
                "state": "NY",
                "zip": "10001"
            },
            "phone": "555-567-8901"
        }
    }
]

         
        Uploading Json File into Dataflow Gen 2:



        Output in Dataflow Gen 2:


        You can find each and every operation/steps it performed at right corner.

        Can you please upload your json file into dataflow gen2? 

        Hope this is helpful. Please let me know incase of further queries.