I have two goals here for the information embedded in the array. The first goal is to be able to do some kind of aggregation on the array. For example, given {"company":"xyz", "rate":[0.02, 0.03, 0.04]}, if we could have a Json variable "rate", I would like to have something such as ${rate[*]:count()} that would give me a scalar value of the count. Then I can assign the value to a property of a processor under Nifi. But, currently under Nifi, $.rate is not a valid expression. Therefore, $.rate[*]:count() is not valid either. Nifi flow would give me errors and failed if I did that.
My second goal is to be able to carry the array forward but turn it into a scalar structure as a single string such as (0.02, 0.03, 0.04). I have experimented the setups you suggested. I explicitly configured the destination as flowfile-content and return type as Json. This time, Nifi flow did not complain about any error any more but it did not capture anything either in the end. I would say my first goal is very important for my project. Thank you all for your help. Hong *Hong Li* *Centric Consulting* *In Balance* (888) 781-7567 office (614) 296-7644 mobile www.centricconsulting.com | @Centric <https://twitter.com/centric> On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 2:35 PM, Thad Guidry <thadgui...@gmail.com> wrote: > Does it store as an attribute if you change the return type from > auto-detect to JSON ? > > *Return Type* auto-detect > > - auto-detect > - json > - scalar > > Indicates the desired return type of the JSON Path expressions. Selecting > 'auto-detect' will set the return type to 'json' for a Destination of > 'flowfile-content', and 'scalar' for a Destination of 'flowfile-attribute'. > > https://nifi.apache.org/docs/nifi-docs/components/org.apache.nifi.processors.standard.EvaluateJsonPath/index.html > > > Depending on your use case.... you might want to store those rate values > as content rather than attributes....but depends on what your trying to > accomplish. You are not limited to changing your flow with just > EvaluateionJsonPath... you can probably add an additional processor after > it to do further filtering or setting of attributes, rather than trying to > just do it all in one shot with the EvaluateJsonPath processor. > > Thad > +ThadGuidry <https://www.google.com/+ThadGuidry> >