JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight data-interchange format. The JSON layout defines the procedure to read data from and write data to a JSON file.
Steps to create a JSON Layout
- Go to Account and click Manage Objects.
- Click LAYOUTS > JSON.
- Click CREATE JSON Layout.
On the Create Layout window, type the name and description of the new JSON layout in the Name and Description fields respectively.Anchor JSON_Layout JSON_Layout Click Choose File of JSON File Path field to upload a sample JSON file.
- Expand Advanced Properties to view the advanced properties of JSON layout.
Define the character-set encoding for your JSON layout. The available options are UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32, and ISO-8859-1.
Select the Interpret and convert data types checkbox if you want to to convert the data from one file format to another.
Select the Project from the drop-down list of Project.
Click Save to save the JSON layout.