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LIST_TO_JSON
Description
Converts a list of business objects into a JSON string. Specified attributes of each list member are printed out.
Parameters
- A list to print out or a query finding business objects to print
- If a list is specified an additional parameter can be optionally specified to contain sorting criteria in the Rule Language format.
- Second, third, fourth and other parameters - attribute specification to include in JSON.
- Attribute specification consists of an attribute name, optionally followed by a JSON name and format separated by @ delimiter.
- If an attribute name starts with the # symbol the content of the attribute value is already a JSON formatted string which just needs to be inserted.
- Returns a text string representing members of the list converted to JSON
Example
LIST_TO_JSON_FUNCTION(Client.Children, 'ORDER BY Client.Name DESC', 'FirstName', 'LastName', 'Age', 'ID@My id', 'Date@Date@MMM dd yyyy')
This produces the following string:
{ "FirstName": "Jane", "LastName" : "Allison", "Age" : 15, "My id" : "some value", "Date": "Jan 2 2024" }, { "FirstName": "Bob", "LastName" : "Fisk", "Age" : 30, "My id" : "some other value", "Date": "Feb 12 2024" } ...