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NoraMoller
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Parse Json returning Null value?!

Hey people 😁

 

I'm building a flow using parse json to populate a new lead row. I've used this method before in other flows and it has worked like a charm   

This time I've encountered something weird that I can't seem to solve! Please help me!

 

When using parse Json theres data in the output, but when I use the dynamic values later on, the values are empty. How come?

 

This is the data I receive - note that the output has lots of values, as it should have. 

 

NoraMoller_0-1705680442047.png

Naturally I initialize some variables for later use: 

NoraMoller_1-1705680517239.png

When testing the flow, this is the output of the set variables:

NoraMoller_2-1705680568999.png

 

This also happen when I use the dynamic content from parse Json directly into "add a new row". There are no error messages, except from when I add them to a new record. Then I get this error: 

NoraMoller_3-1705680747793.png

I believe the error is just there because the dynamic content from the json are empty. 

 

Has someone encountered something similar before?

 

Some tips & tricks and solutions would be much appreciated! 🙃

 

8 REPLIES 8

Hello @NoraMoller 

 

Your schema is wrong. You are searching for firstname inside of mdmUserInfo. Here you don’t find it, that is why it is null.

 

Why do you use so many variables? If you don’t change them it just slows down the flow, I would suggest to get rid of those actions.

Hi @NoraMoller, I'm having a similar issue. Did you ever find a solution?

 

wyattdave
Responsive Resident
Responsive Resident

Matty is right,

 

your schema is looking for firstname under the mdmUserInfo branch, your schema should be

{

  "type":"object",

     "properties":{

          "firstname":{

               "type":"string"

            },

etc

 

The best tip is take your input from the flow run and use it to generate from sample. If you did that then looks like you have multiple different schemas and need to add logic to handle them.

Hey Dave,

 

I'm having a similar issue. I've taking my JSON raw output data and used that to generate my schema. The parsed output shows just fine, but when I use the dynamic content fields, it's blank. Any chance you can tell me what I'm missing here?

 

Here's my flow:

flow.png

 

The raw output data from the "Parsed JSON" step:

{
    "body": {
        "formDataList": {
            "completed": "2024-02-16 07:31:12",
            "email": "removed",
            "role": "SIGNER",
            "first": "Test",
            "last": "",
            "title": "",
            "company": "",
            "initials": "TT",
            "AP Contact": "1",
            "AP Email Address": "1",
            "Account Numbers": "",
            "Account Numbers_2": "",
            "Address_3": "1",
            "Address_4": "",
            "Annual Sales": "1",
            "Applicant Company Address": "",
            "Applicant Company Name Company": "",
            "Applicant Name": "1",
            "Applicant Title": "1",
            "ApplicantName": "",
            "ApplicantTitle": "",
            "Bankruptcy": "No",
            "Billing Address": "removed",
            "BillingCityStateZip": "removed",
            "Business Type": "LLC",
            "CityStateZip_3": "1",
            "CityStateZip_4": "",
            "CityStateZip_5": "",
            "CityStateZip_6": "",
            "CityStateZip_7": "",
            "CompanyName": "removed",
            "Contact": "",
            "Contact_2": "",
            "DBA": "",
            "Date_2": "",
            "Date_3": "",
            "Date_4": "",
            "Date_5": "",
            "Email": "",
            "EmailRow1": "1",
            "EmailRow1_2": "",
            "EmailRow1_3": "",
            "Email_2": "",
            "Email_3": "",
            "Email_4": "",
            "EstDate": "",
            "FEID": "1",
            "Fax": "",
            "Fax_10": "",
            "Fax_11": "",
            "Fax_12": "",
            "Fax_13": "",
            "Fax_2": "",
            "Fax_3": "",
            "Fax_4": "",
            "Fax_5": "",
            "Fax_6": "",
            "Fax_7": "",
            "Fax_8": "",
            "Fax_9": "",
            "Home Address": "",
            "Home Address_2": "",
            "Home Address_3": "",
            "Limit Request": "$1",
            "Name_10": "",
            "Name_11": "",
            "Name_12": "",
            "Name_13": "",
            "Name_14": "",
            "Name_15": "",
            "Name_16": "1",
            "Name_4": "1",
            "Name_5": "",
            "Name_6": "",
            "Name_7": "",
            "Name_8": "1",
            "Name_9": "1",
            "Owner2Address": "",
            "Owner2Name": "",
            "Owner2Ownership": "",
            "Owner2Title": "",
            "OwnerAddress": "1",
            "OwnerName": "1",
            "OwnerTitle": "1",
            "Ownership": "1",
            "Phone": "",
            "Phone_10": "",
            "Phone_11": "",
            "Phone_12": "",
            "Phone_2": "1",
            "Phone_3": "",
            "Phone_4": "",
            "Phone_5": "",
            "Phone_6": "",
            "Phone_7": "",
            "Phone_8": "1",
            "Phone_9": "1",
            "Primary Bank": "1",
            "Purchase_Auth": "",
            "SSN": "",
            "SSN_2": "",
            "SSN_3": "",
            "Salesrep": "Gustavo Carmena",
            "Secondary Bank": "",
            "ShipCityStateZip": "1",
            "Shipping Address": "1",
            "Signature 1": "",
            "Signature 2": "",
            "Signature 3": "",
            "State of EstablishmentIncorporation": "1",
            "Telephone": "1",
            "Title_4": "1",
            "Title_5": "",
            "Title_6": "",
            "Title_7": "",
            "Title_8": "1",
            "agreementId": "removed",
            "email verified": "2024-02-16 07:31:12",
            "web form signed/approved": "2024-02-16 07:31:10"
        }
    }
}

 

I used that data to create the scheme automatically. I'm able to see the fields in dynamic content and select them in the last step:

chat.png

But for some reason the raw input data for that step is blank:

input.png

 

Here's the schema if it helps:

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "statusCode": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "headers": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "Cache-Control": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "Pragma": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "ETag": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "X-Robots-Tag": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "X-Request-ID": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "Strict-Transport-Security": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "X-XSS-Protection": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "X-Content-Type-Options": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "P3P": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "Timing-Allow-Origin": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "x-ms-apihub-cached-response": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "x-ms-apihub-obo": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "Date": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "Content-Length": {
          "type": "integer"
        },
        "Content-Type": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "Expires": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "body": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "formDataList": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "completed": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "email": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "role": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "first": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "last": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "title": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "company": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "initials": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "AP Contact": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "AP Email Address": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Account Numbers": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Account Numbers_2": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Address_3": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Address_4": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Annual Sales": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Applicant Company Address": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Applicant Company Name Company": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Applicant Name": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Applicant Title": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "ApplicantName": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "ApplicantTitle": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Bankruptcy": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Billing Address": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "BillingCityStateZip": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Business Type": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "CityStateZip_3": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "CityStateZip_4": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "CityStateZip_5": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "CityStateZip_6": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "CityStateZip_7": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "CompanyName": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Contact": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Contact_2": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "DBA": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Date_2": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Date_3": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Date_4": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Date_5": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Email": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "EmailRow1": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "EmailRow1_2": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "EmailRow1_3": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Email_2": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Email_3": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Email_4": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "EstDate": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "FEID": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Fax": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Fax_10": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Fax_11": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Fax_12": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Fax_13": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Fax_2": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Fax_3": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Fax_4": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Fax_5": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Fax_6": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Fax_7": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Fax_8": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Fax_9": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Home Address": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Home Address_2": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Home Address_3": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Limit Request": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Name_10": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Name_11": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Name_12": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Name_13": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Name_14": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Name_15": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Name_16": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Name_4": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Name_5": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Name_6": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Name_7": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Name_8": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Name_9": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Owner2Address": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Owner2Name": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Owner2Ownership": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Owner2Title": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "OwnerAddress": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "OwnerName": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "OwnerTitle": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Ownership": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Phone": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Phone_10": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Phone_11": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Phone_12": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Phone_2": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Phone_3": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Phone_4": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Phone_5": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Phone_6": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Phone_7": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Phone_8": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Phone_9": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Primary Bank": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Purchase_Auth": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "SSN": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "SSN_2": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "SSN_3": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Salesrep": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Secondary Bank": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "ShipCityStateZip": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Shipping Address": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Signature 1": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Signature 2": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Signature 3": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "State of EstablishmentIncorporation": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Telephone": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Title_4": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Title_5": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Title_6": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Title_7": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "Title_8": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "agreementId": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "email verified": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "web form signed/approved": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

 

Any help at all would be greatly appreciated!

Hi @aisabel ,

Your parse JSON looks right, would you be able to copy and share the companyName from the outlook action, should be something like

 

@{body('parseJSON')?['companyName']}

Thanks so much for answering!

 

Here's the code view of the message in teams:

"body/messageBody": "
<p>A credit application has been submitted.<br>
\nCompany: @{body('Parse_JSON')?['body']?['formDataList']?['CompanyName']}<br>
\nSalesperson: @{body('Parse_JSON')?['body']?['formDataList']?['Salesrep']}<br>
\nPlease allow processing by the credit department.</p>"

I tried a quick demo and it worked for me. At a guess it could be what you are passing into the parse JSON, try passing just the body and not the response. 

Something like this

Outputs('Get_form_field_data_of_agreement_in_JSON_format')['body']

davedidisco_0-1708156954153.png

 

If that doesn't work try adding

"required": [
  "CompanyName"
],

to the schema body, as this will force the action to fail if the key is missing (and that way you know it's the json input that is the issue)

davedidisco_1-1708157666923.png

 

aisabel
Regular Visitor

I was able to figure it out! 

 

Your suggestions didn't work, but only because the requirement was being filled. I knew it was something with the schema, so I used only the "formdataoutput" from the previous step to create the schema, and that worked. (I was previously using the raw data output.

 

Thank you!

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