How to Deserialize Complex JSON file in SSIS into few columns - json

Question

I have a JSON file that is pretty complex. Here is a snippet of my file:
JSON
"SKU": "12345",
"Status": {
"Health": "OK"
},
"Type": "ComputerSystem",
"Name": "Cartridge 1",
"Power": "Off",
"AssetTag": "12345",
"HostCorrelation": {
"IPAddress": [],
"HostMACAddress": [
"00:00:00:00:00:00",
"11:11:11:11:11:11"
]
},
"SerialNumber": "12345",
"Boot": {
"BootSourceOverrideSupported": [
"None",
"PXE",
"HDD",
"iSCSI",
"M.2",
"None"
],
"BootSourceOverrideTarget": "PXE",
"BootSourceOverrideEnabled": "Continuous"
}
Without showing all the classes here is the RootObject VS generates as code:
Paste JSON as Class
public class Rootobject
{
public string SKU { get; set; }
public Status Status { get; set; }
public string Type { get; set; }
public string Name { get; set; }
public string Power { get; set; }
public string AssetTag { get; set; }
public Hostcorrelation HostCorrelation { get; set; }
public string SerialNumber { get; set; }
public Boot Boot { get; set; }
public Links links { get; set; }
public string UUID { get; set; }
public Bios Bios { get; set; }
public Oem Oem { get; set; }
public Memory Memory { get; set; }
public Availableaction[] AvailableActions { get; set; }
public string SystemType { get; set; }
public Processors Processors { get; set; }
public string Model { get; set; }
public string Manufacturer { get; set; }
}
I want to loop through multiple JSON files with this structure, and put them into a few columns such as (Section, Component, Property, and Value).
However, I have been having a hard time figuring this out. It would be simple to put each part into its own unique column.
The end result of my JSON example above may look like:
Goal SQL Output
The format doesn't have to be exact, but something along those lines. If there is a better way of doing this I am all ears.

Answer 1

I can tell you didn't post all of your classes because the RootObject has object references, but this is how you could start your code. This won;t get your data into the format you asked for, but it is how the serializer works.
string json = [Somehow get your json in to a string]
JavaScriptSerializer js = new JavaScriptSerializer();
var jRow = js.Deserialize<Rootobject>(json);
// now you have your entire JSON in one object.
//for the data you presented you will need a few outputs:
// let's start with the outermost:
Output0Buffer.AddRow();
Output0Buffer.SKU = jRow.SKU;
Output0Buffer.Health = jRow.Status.Health; //There is only one option here
Output0Buffer.Type = jRow.Type ;
Output0Buffer.Name = jRow.Name;
Output0Buffer.Power = jRow.Power ;
Output0Buffer.AssetTag = jRow.AssetTag ;
Output0Buffer.SerialNumber = jRow.SerialNumber ;
Output0Buffer.BootSourceOverrideTarget= jRow.Boot.BootSourceOverrideTarget ;
Output0Buffer.BootSourceOverrideEnabled= jRow.Boot.BootSourceOverrideEnabled;
//this is a new output of boot details linked by SKU
foreach(var dtl in jRow.Boot.BootSourceOverrideSupported)
{
OutputBootStuffBuffer.AddRow();
OutputBootStuffBuffer.SKU = JRow.SKU; //Making assumption that SKU is the key back
OutputBootStuffBuffer.BootSourceOverrideSupported = dtl.BootSourceOverrideSupported;
}