How to merge a nested object with its parent object

Madhushree_BP — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 13:23:54 GMT

When we have a nested object that needs to be merged with the parent object we can use the formula given below.

In this example, "custom_properties" is the parent object and "properties" is the nested object where we need to merge the "properties" object with its parent object that is "custom_properties".

Soultion: We can use the formula {substr: {json: {$.nested_object_name}}, 1, -1}

For the above example we use {substr: {json: {$.properties}}, 1, -1} which will merge the "properties"(nested object) with it's "custom_properties"(parent object).

After using the formula:

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How to merge a nested object with its parent object