Schema Suggest to Upstream Snap

In the example pipeline, Basic Use Case_JSON Formatter Schema Property, the Mapper Snap is used to write employee data into a file. The input data has to cater to a specified JSON schema, to enable this the Schema property is configured with a schema file. This allows the user to see the schema of the target file in the Mapper Snap.


JSON Formatter Snap with Schema

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  1. The JSON Formatter Snap is configured in the following manner, the schema file contact.schema is uploaded in the Schema property:

    JSON Formatter Snap with Schema

  2. The schema defined in the contact.schema file is shown below:

    contact.schema file content

  3. Below is the Mapper Snap's configuration, note the Target Schema and the Output preview data sections where the schema of the target file and the mapped data are shown:
    Mapper Snap config setting

    Mapper Snap showing target schema and preview

  4. When executed the input record from the Mapper will be mapped to the specified path based on the target schema and written into the target file.
To reuse the pipeline:
  1. Download and import the pipeline into SnapLogic.
  2. Configure Snap accounts as applicable.
  3. Provide pipeline parameters as applicable.