Apache NiFi : QueryRecord JSON Select child field

[#1]

Is it possible to select with the QueryRecord processor also child fields of an given JSON structrue?

E.g. following JSON: 

{
  "name" : "Max",
  "id" : 1,
  "location" : {
    "city" : "Frankfurt"
  }
}

And I would do the following query: 

SELECT name, location.city FROM FLOWFILE

But this throws an error: 

QueryRecord[id=a4744340-017a-1000-6944-73fe4d362d90] Unable to query StandardFlowFileRecord[uuid=706e8ae8-f76c-4ebb-9c65-c46cb7026c89,claim=StandardContentClaim [resourceClaim=StandardResourceClaim[id=1626251405764-2, container=default, section=2], offset=790026, length=67],offset=0,name=55b72cfd-5308-4e83-9304-166193e76478,size=67] due to java.sql.SQLException: Error while preparing statement [SELECT "name", "location.city" FROM FLOWFILE]: org.apache.nifi.processor.exception.ProcessException: java.sql.SQLException: Error while preparing statement [SELECT "name", "location.city" FROM FLOWFILE]

Is there something that I'm doing wrong? Here is the configuration:

[#2 · Accepted solution]

Hi @janis-ax , 

This reply comes a bit late but I was just researching the same issue. According to the official NiFi documentation, this should be possible using the "RPath" function in the 'Where' clause. 

Check out the "SQL over hierarchical data" section here: https://nifi.apache.org/docs/nifi-docs/components/org.apache.nifi/nifi-standard-nar/latest/org.apach... 

[#3]

Your sample query has no "quotes" but the one configured does.  Just wanted to make sure you tried without those quotes ?

[#4]

I tried both ways. For keys on the root level, it doesn't matter if you use quotes. If I want to access child keys I got following error: 

[#5]

Understood, had to make sure!    Next for good measure, make sure flow works for just name.  This will show you if the issue is the entire setup or with just "location.city".  

Next look at the configurations for the Reader/Writer and share those for us to see incase they are not default configs,etc.  I believe the particular error:

SQLException: Error while preparing statement

occurs with a schema conflict or issue with flowfile being different than expected schema. 

[#6]

For only "name", it's working fine, I get following FlowFile content: 

I guess the issue is within the ControllerServices. I used JSON-TreeReader but with default configuration: 

[#7 · Accepted solution]

Hi @janis-ax , 

This reply comes a bit late but I was just researching the same issue. According to the official NiFi documentation, this should be possible using the "RPath" function in the 'Where' clause. 

Check out the "SQL over hierarchical data" section here: https://nifi.apache.org/docs/nifi-docs/components/org.apache.nifi/nifi-standard-nar/latest/org.apach... 

[#8]

Thanks this works! I just have to use RPATH_STRING

[#9 · Accepted solution]

As @mkohs mentioned, using the RPATH function is the way to go here.

It can be used on the SELECT clause, for projection, as well as on the WHERE cause, for filtering.

You can see a similar use of it in this post here: https://community.cloudera.com/t5/Support-Questions/QueryRecord-processor-issue-with-nested-JSON/td-...

Cheers,

André