JSONSchema (draft 7) not validating child definitions for arrays - json

Question

I'm getting very confused as to why my JSONSchema will not validate my data as expected.
I've appended my JSONShema and Example Date below.
The schema validates the first layer of the nested data structure (the Organisation) without issue, but fails to validate the second layer (User) and below.
Can anybody point me in the right direction as to what I'm doing wrong?
Much appreciated!
JSONSchema
{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"$id": "http://myorg/json/schemas/report-schedule.json",
"type": "array",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/Organisation"
},
"definitions": {
"Organisation": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"organisationId",
"organisationName",
"users"
],
"properties": {
"organisationId": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
},
"organisationName": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
},
"users": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"ref": "#/definitions/User"
}
}
}
},
"User": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"name",
"email",
"reports"
],
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
},
"email": {
"type": "string",
"format": "email"
},
"reports": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"ref": "#/definitions/Report"
}
}
}
},
"Report": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"reportType",
"reportWeekEndDay",
"sendDay",
"sendHour",
"locations",
"widgets"
],
"properties": {
"reportType": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"org-weekly"
]
},
"reportWeekEndDay": {
"type": "integer",
"maximum": 6,
"minimum": 0
},
"sendDay": {
"type": "integer",
"maximum": 6,
"minimum": 0
},
"sendHour": {
"type": "integer",
"maximum": 23,
"minimum": 0
},
"locations": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
}
},
"widgets": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/Widgets"
}
}
},
"Widgets": {
"type": "array",
"title": "Widgets within a report",
"items": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/Widget"
}
},
"Widget": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"widgetType",
"metrics",
"comparisonType"
],
"properties": {
"widgetType": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"table-individual-locations",
"table-all-locations"
]
},
"comparisonType": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"week-on-week",
"3-and-1-month-weekly-avg"
]
},
"metrics": {
"$ref": "#/definitions/Metrics"
}
}
},
"Metrics": {
"type": "array",
"title": "The Available Metrics",
"items": {
"oneOf": [
{
"$ref": "#/definitions/FootFallAndMovement"
},
{
"$ref": "#/definitions/Engagement"
},
{
"$ref": "#/definitions/Occupancy"
},
{
"$ref": "#/definitions/SalesDataTransactions"
},
{
"$ref": "#/definitions/SalesDataConversion"
}
]
}
},
"FootFallAndMovement": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"title",
"type",
"endpoint",
"queryParams"
],
"properties": {
"title": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
},
"type": {
"type": "string",
"const": "FootFallAndMovement"
},
"endpoint": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
},
"queryParams": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"excludeStaff"
],
"properties": {
"excludeStaff": {
"type": "boolean"
}
}
}
}
},
"Engagement": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"title",
"type",
"endpoint",
"queryParams"
],
"properties": {
"title": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
},
"type": {
"type": "string",
"const": "Engagement"
},
"endpoint": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
},
"queryParams": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"excludeStaff",
"contexts"
],
"properties": {
"additionalFilters": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"ignoreLingerUnder"
],
"properties": {
"ignoreLingerUnder": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1
}
}
},
"excludeStaff": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"contexts": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"type",
"value"
],
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"const": "taxonomy"
},
"value": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
}
}
}
}
}
}
},
"Occupancy": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"title",
"type",
"endpoint",
"queryParams"
],
"properties": {
"title": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
},
"type": {
"type": "string",
"const": "Occupancy"
},
"endpoint": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
},
"queryParams": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"excludeStaff",
"contexts"
],
"properties": {
"excludeStaff": {
"type": "boolean"
},
"contexts": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"type",
"value"
],
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"const": "taxonomy"
},
"value": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
}
}
}
}
}
}
},
"SalesDataTransactions": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"title",
"type",
"endpoint"
],
"properties": {
"title": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
},
"type": {
"type": "string",
"const": "SalesDataTransactions"
},
"endpoint": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
}
}
},
"SalesDataConversion": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"title",
"type",
"endpoint",
"queryParams"
],
"properties": {
"title": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
},
"type": {
"type": "string",
"const": "SalesDataConversion"
},
"endpoint": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1
},
"queryParams": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"excludeStaff"
],
"properties": {
"excludeStaff": {
"type": "boolean"
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
Example Data
[
{
"organisationName": "a",
"organisationId": "a",
"users": [
{
"nameWITHERROR": "a"/*e.g. name should be required*/,
"email": "rob#test.com",
"reports": [
{
"reportType": "org-weekly1"/*e.g. this should be an enum*/,
"reportWeekEndDay": 6,
"sendDay": 6,
"sendHour": 6,
"locations": [
"abc",
"bcd"
],
"widgets": [
{
"widgetType": "table-all-locations",
"comparisonType": "3-and-1-month-weekly-avg",
"metrics": [
{
"title": "test",
"type": "FootFallAndMovement1"/*e.g. this enum should fail*/,
"endpoint": "/test",
"queryParams": {
"excludeStaff": true
}
},
{
"title": "test",
"type": "Engagement",
"endpoint": "/test",
"queryParams": {
"excludeStaff": true,
"contexts": {
"type": "taxonomy",
"value": "tests"
}
}
},
{
"title": "test",
"type": "Occupancy",
"endpoint": "/test",
"queryParams": {
"excludeStaff": true,
"contexts": {
"type": "taxonomy",
"value": "tests"
}
}
},
{
"title": "test",
"type": "SalesDataTransactions",
"endpoint": "/test"
},
{
"title": "test",
"type": "SalesDataConversion",
"endpoint": "/test",
"queryParams": {
"excludeStaff": true
}
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
]
}
]

Answer 1

Opening your JSON schema in JSONBuddy shows me immediately that you have used "ref" at /definitions/Organisation/properties/users/items/ref. So there is no validation because the definition is not found.