What are your use-cases for the JSON Column?

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1

Reading how the JSON column works, I understand.
But how do you use this or how do you plan to use this?
What are your use cases?
Thanks in advance!

2

I use it to create JSONs that I then write into a text column. Here is how I use the hard-written JSONs:

  • Horizontal aggregation: instead of having many columns with data, I aggregate the data in one JSON column. Then I use javascript functions to work on these data, which return another json containing the results I need. I then do a query JSON to retrieve each result.
  • Vertical aggregation: You can also aggregate each JSON (for each row) at a table level, to work with a master JSON that you can filter, or use to produce new aggregated results etc.
  • Structured data to send to make.com

It’s not exhaustive, I’m sure experts have of other ways to use it.

3

That’s a good write-up and I don’t think I have more to add.

I use vertical aggregation a lot, particularly when I have to send it to a third-party service like Make for further processing.

4

Thanks all!
Hoping for a @Robert_Petitto video too!

5

Already did!

Use the JSON object column to craft your own JSON object built from columns within your table before sending it off to Make or using it in a API call.

6

Hero!