Excel Add-In for JSON

Build 24.0.9060

QualifyColumns

Controls whether the provider will use relative column names.

Possible Values

None, Parent, Full

Data Type

string

Default Value

"None"

Remarks

By default the add-in will only qualify a column name as much as is necessary to make it unique. For example, in this document the add-in will produce the columns id (referring to the company id) and employee.id.

{
  "company": [
    {
      "id": "Smith Holdings", 
      "employee": [
        {"id": "George Smith"},
        {"id": "Mike Johnson"}
      ]
    }
  ]
}

When this option is set to Parent, the add-in uses a similar procedure to the one above. However, the add-in will always qualify columns by one level so that their table name is included, even if the column name is unique. For example, the above document would generate the columns company.id and employee.id because both are unique when including their parent.

When this option is set to Full, the add-in will qualify all column names with their full XPath. This generates longer column names but ensures that it is clear where each column name comes from within the document. For the example above, the add-in would generate the columns json.company.id and json.company.employee.id.

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