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YoucanaddthefollowingtypesofJSONdata:
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A JSON object or an array of JSON objectsrepresentingrecords.Thedatatypeis
derivedfromthedata:
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AnyvaluesurroundedwithquotesisconvertedtoafieldoftypeString.
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AnynumericvaluecontainingaperiodisconvertedtoafieldoftypeFloat.
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Anynumericvaluethatdoesnotcontainaperiodisconvertedtoafieldoftype
Integer.
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Avalue"true"or"false"isconvertedtoafieldoftypeBoolean.
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Typed JSON.ThisJSONfollowsthestructureofaJSONRecordDataList(seetheREST
APICookbook).FieldtypesaredeterminedbytheschemaobjectintheJSON.
AnynestedJSONobjectsaredisplayedonsuccessivelevelsintheDataModel.
3. ReviewtheJSON;youmayedititifyoulike.
4. SelecttheReplace Data ModeloptionifyouwanttheJSONtoreplacetheexistingDataModel.
Otherwise,theJSONdatawillbemappedtocorrespondingfieldsintheexistingDataModel,and
datathatcannotbemappedtoanyfieldwillbediscarded.
Note: Ifadatamappingconfigurationisopenatthesametime,theloadedJSONwill
alwaysreplacetheDataModelandnovalueswillbeimported.
5. ClickFinish.
AddacounterusingtheGenerateCounterWizard
Generatingacounterisusefulfornumberedticketsoranyothertemplaterequiringsequentialnumbers
butnovariabledata.
TheGenerateCounterWizardcreatesarecordsetwithaCounterfieldandinthatfield,thecurrent
countervalueforeachrecord.TheCounterstartsandstopsatsetvaluesandisincrementedbyaset
valueaswell.
1. ToopentheGenerateCounterWizard,selectFile > Add data > Generate counters.
2. Adjustthesettings:
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Starting value:Thestartingnumberforthecounter.Defaultsto1.
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Increment value:Thevaluebywhichtoincrementthecounterforeachrecord.For
example,anincrementvalueof3andstartingvalueof1wouldgivethecountervaluesof
1,4,7,10,[...]
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