Splitting dataframe using Spark 1.4 for nested json input

Hello, I am having issues with splitting contents of a dataframe column using Spark 1.4. The dataframe was created by reading a nested complex json file. I used df.explode but keep getting error message. scala val df = sqlContext.read.json(/Users/xx/target/statsfile.json) scala df.show()

Error with splitting contents of a dataframe column using Spark 1.4 for nested complex json file

Hello, I am having issues with splitting contents of a dataframe column using Spark 1.4. The dataframe was created by reading a nested complex json file. I used df.explode but keep getting error message. The json file format looks like [ { neid:{ }, mi:{