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I need help in expressions to get the first ( 0 ) name in Department.

 

Department is an Array. Below is structure

-------------------------------------------------------

Department [ ]

                           {0} name

                           {1} name

                           .

------------------------------------------------------

 

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I wrote this expression  item().departments.first.name

 

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I am getting this error 

 

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    CU-18081211-6 9,272 Moderator on at

    @Anonymous ,

    Try one of this formulas (both should work):

     item()?['departments'][0]?['name']

    or

    first(item()?['departments'][0])['name']

    Hope it helps !

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