Convert Json objets to array using Azure data flow

Question

I'm using azure data flow, and I'm using Union to combine two sources, so this union contains JSON documents. is there a way to convert this json document to array of documents:
Union contains :

{"key":1,"value":"test8"}
{"key":2,"value":"test6"}
{"key":3,"value":"test3"}

what I'm looking for is a way to get like this format :

[
 {
   "key": 1,
   "value": "test8"
 },
{
 "key": 2,
 "value": "test6"
},
{
 "key": 3,
 "value": "test3"
}
]

Thanks for you help

Answer 1

Hello @youssef125 ,

Welcome to the Microsoft Q&A platform.

Unfortunately, there was not direct approach to achieve the above requirement.

I came up with two possible options

Option 1 :

You can create a collection using the Aggregates Schema Modifier.

Create a column without any Group and add the below expression.

Output :

However, there is an additional key created in the name of the aggregate column provided.

Option 2 :

I outputted the Data flow file to a blob storage and invoked the Copy Activity with the output of the data flow as a source.

I set the sink settings of the Copy Activity to File pattern as Array of Objects

Output

Hope this will help. Please let us know if any further queries.

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