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Dealing with nested and deep nested Json string to convert it into Table Collection

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Hey Everyone, I am currently trying to convert the Nested and deep nested Json string into collection table, below I'm providing dummy data which is similar data that I'm dealing with
 "reportedWagesComparison": {
                "@valid": "true",
                "contributionReportAmountPaidRecords": {
                    "@valid": "true",
                    "qtr1Amount": "546.00",
                    "qtr2Amount": "5.37"
                },
                "contributionReportTaxableWagesDeptRecords": {
                    "@valid": "true",
                    "qtr1Amount": "20000.00",
                    "qtr4Amount": "0.00",
                    "qtr3Amount": "0.00",
                    "qtr2Amount": "12000.00",
                    "ytdAmount": "32000.00"
                },
                "fein": "347987897",
                "grossWagesPerDetailReportDeptRecords": {
                    "@valid": "true",
                    "qtr1Amount": "20000.00",
                    "qtr4Amount": "20000.00",
                    "qtr3Amount": "20000.00",
                    "qtr2Amount": "20000.00",
                    "ytdAmount": "80000.00"
                },
                "contributionReportGrossWagesDeptRecords": {
                    "@valid": "true",
                    "qtr1Amount": "20000.00",
                    "qtr4Amount": "20000.00",
                    "qtr3Amount": "20000.00",
                    "qtr2Amount": "20000.00",
                    "ytdAmount": "80000.00"
                }
how to convert this data into table collection
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    jrletner Profile Picture
    jrletner 720 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at
    Dealing with nested and deep nested Json string to convert it into Table Collection
    Hope this helps. I added all this code to a button and stored the flattened data into a collection.
     
    Set(
    varJsonData,
    ParseJSON(
    "{""reportedWagesComparison"": {
    ""@valid"": ""true"",
    ""contributionReportAmountPaidRecords"": {
    ""@valid"": ""true"",
    ""qtr1Amount"": ""546.00"",
    ""qtr2Amount"": ""5.37""
    },
    ""contributionReportTaxableWagesDeptRecords"": {
    ""@valid"": ""true"",
    ""qtr1Amount"": ""20000.00"",
    ""qtr4Amount"": ""0.00"",
    ""qtr3Amount"": ""0.00"",
    ""qtr2Amount"": ""12000.00"",
    ""ytdAmount"": ""32000.00""
    },
    ""fein"": ""347987897"",
    ""grossWagesPerDetailReportDeptRecords"": {
    ""@valid"": ""true"",
    ""qtr1Amount"": ""20000.00"",
    ""qtr4Amount"": ""20000.00"",
    ""qtr3Amount"": ""20000.00"",
    ""qtr2Amount"": ""20000.00"",
    ""ytdAmount"": ""80000.00""
    },
    ""contributionReportGrossWagesDeptRecords"": {
    ""@valid"": ""true"",
    ""qtr1Amount"": ""20000.00"",
    ""qtr4Amount"": ""20000.00"",
    ""qtr3Amount"": ""20000.00"",
    ""qtr2Amount"": ""20000.00"",
    ""ytdAmount"": ""80000.00""
    }
    }}"
    )
    );
     
    ClearCollect(
    colFlattenedData,
    Table(
    {
    RecordType: "Paid Records",
    qtr1Amount: Value(varJsonData.reportedWagesComparison.contributionReportAmountPaidRecords.qtr1Amount),
    qtr2Amount: Value(varJsonData.reportedWagesComparison.contributionReportAmountPaidRecords.qtr2Amount),
    qtr3Amount: Blank(),
    qtr4Amount: Blank(),
    ytdAmount: Blank()
    },
    {
    RecordType: "Taxable Wages",
    qtr1Amount: Value(varJsonData.reportedWagesComparison.contributionReportTaxableWagesDeptRecords.qtr1Amount),
    qtr2Amount: Value(varJsonData.reportedWagesComparison.contributionReportTaxableWagesDeptRecords.qtr2Amount),
    qtr3Amount: Value(varJsonData.reportedWagesComparison.contributionReportTaxableWagesDeptRecords.qtr3Amount),
    qtr4Amount: Value(varJsonData.reportedWagesComparison.contributionReportTaxableWagesDeptRecords.qtr4Amount),
    ytdAmount: Value(varJsonData.reportedWagesComparison.contributionReportTaxableWagesDeptRecords.ytdAmount)
    },
    {
    RecordType: "Gross Wages",
    qtr1Amount: Value(varJsonData.reportedWagesComparison.grossWagesPerDetailReportDeptRecords.qtr1Amount),
    qtr2Amount: Value(varJsonData.reportedWagesComparison.grossWagesPerDetailReportDeptRecords.qtr2Amount),
    qtr3Amount: Value(varJsonData.reportedWagesComparison.grossWagesPerDetailReportDeptRecords.qtr3Amount),
    qtr4Amount: Value(varJsonData.reportedWagesComparison.grossWagesPerDetailReportDeptRecords.qtr4Amount),
    ytdAmount: Value(varJsonData.reportedWagesComparison.grossWagesPerDetailReportDeptRecords.ytdAmount)
    },
    {
    RecordType: "Contribution Gross Wages",
    qtr1Amount: Value(varJsonData.reportedWagesComparison.contributionReportGrossWagesDeptRecords.qtr1Amount),
    qtr2Amount: Value(varJsonData.reportedWagesComparison.contributionReportGrossWagesDeptRecords.qtr2Amount),
    qtr3Amount: Value(varJsonData.reportedWagesComparison.contributionReportGrossWagesDeptRecords.qtr3Amount),
    qtr4Amount: Value(varJsonData.reportedWagesComparison.contributionReportGrossWagesDeptRecords.qtr4Amount),
    ytdAmount: Value(varJsonData.reportedWagesComparison.contributionReportGrossWagesDeptRecords.ytdAmount)
    }
    )
    );
     
     
    The collection in a flattened table
     
  • Suggested answer
    jrletner Profile Picture
    jrletner 720 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at
    Dealing with nested and deep nested Json string to convert it into Table Collection
    Hope this helps. I added all this code to a button and stored the flattened data into a collection.
     
    Set(
    varJsonData,
    ParseJSON(
    "{""reportedWagesComparison"": {
    ""@valid"": ""true"",
    ""contributionReportAmountPaidRecords"": {
    ""@valid"": ""true"",
    ""qtr1Amount"": ""546.00"",
    ""qtr2Amount"": ""5.37""
    },
    ""contributionReportTaxableWagesDeptRecords"": {
    ""@valid"": ""true"",
    ""qtr1Amount"": ""20000.00"",
    ""qtr4Amount"": ""0.00"",
    ""qtr3Amount"": ""0.00"",
    ""qtr2Amount"": ""12000.00"",
    ""ytdAmount"": ""32000.00""
    },
    ""fein"": ""347987897"",
    ""grossWagesPerDetailReportDeptRecords"": {
    ""@valid"": ""true"",
    ""qtr1Amount"": ""20000.00"",
    ""qtr4Amount"": ""20000.00"",
    ""qtr3Amount"": ""20000.00"",
    ""qtr2Amount"": ""20000.00"",
    ""ytdAmount"": ""80000.00""
    },
    ""contributionReportGrossWagesDeptRecords"": {
    ""@valid"": ""true"",
    ""qtr1Amount"": ""20000.00"",
    ""qtr4Amount"": ""20000.00"",
    ""qtr3Amount"": ""20000.00"",
    ""qtr2Amount"": ""20000.00"",
    ""ytdAmount"": ""80000.00""
    }
    }}"
    )
    );
     
    ClearCollect(
    colFlattenedData,
    Table(
    {
    RecordType: "Paid Records",
    qtr1Amount: Value(varJsonData.reportedWagesComparison.contributionReportAmountPaidRecords.qtr1Amount),
    qtr2Amount: Value(varJsonData.reportedWagesComparison.contributionReportAmountPaidRecords.qtr2Amount),
    qtr3Amount: Blank(),
    qtr4Amount: Blank(),
    ytdAmount: Blank()
    },
    {
    RecordType: "Taxable Wages",
    qtr1Amount: Value(varJsonData.reportedWagesComparison.contributionReportTaxableWagesDeptRecords.qtr1Amount),
    qtr2Amount: Value(varJsonData.reportedWagesComparison.contributionReportTaxableWagesDeptRecords.qtr2Amount),
    qtr3Amount: Value(varJsonData.reportedWagesComparison.contributionReportTaxableWagesDeptRecords.qtr3Amount),
    qtr4Amount: Value(varJsonData.reportedWagesComparison.contributionReportTaxableWagesDeptRecords.qtr4Amount),
    ytdAmount: Value(varJsonData.reportedWagesComparison.contributionReportTaxableWagesDeptRecords.ytdAmount)
    },
    {
    RecordType: "Gross Wages",
    qtr1Amount: Value(varJsonData.reportedWagesComparison.grossWagesPerDetailReportDeptRecords.qtr1Amount),
    qtr2Amount: Value(varJsonData.reportedWagesComparison.grossWagesPerDetailReportDeptRecords.qtr2Amount),
    qtr3Amount: Value(varJsonData.reportedWagesComparison.grossWagesPerDetailReportDeptRecords.qtr3Amount),
    qtr4Amount: Value(varJsonData.reportedWagesComparison.grossWagesPerDetailReportDeptRecords.qtr4Amount),
    ytdAmount: Value(varJsonData.reportedWagesComparison.grossWagesPerDetailReportDeptRecords.ytdAmount)
    },
    {
    RecordType: "Contribution Gross Wages",
    qtr1Amount: Value(varJsonData.reportedWagesComparison.contributionReportGrossWagesDeptRecords.qtr1Amount),
    qtr2Amount: Value(varJsonData.reportedWagesComparison.contributionReportGrossWagesDeptRecords.qtr2Amount),
    qtr3Amount: Value(varJsonData.reportedWagesComparison.contributionReportGrossWagesDeptRecords.qtr3Amount),
    qtr4Amount: Value(varJsonData.reportedWagesComparison.contributionReportGrossWagesDeptRecords.qtr4Amount),
    ytdAmount: Value(varJsonData.reportedWagesComparison.contributionReportGrossWagesDeptRecords.ytdAmount)
    }
    )
    );
     
     
    The collection in a flattened table
     

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