Array within Element within Array in Variant - arrays

Question

How can I get the data out of this array stored in a variant column in Snowflake. I don't care if it's a new table, a view or a query. There is a second column of type varchar(256) that contains a unique ID.
If you can just help me read the "confirmed" data and the "editorIds" data I can probably take it from there. Many thanks!
Output example would be
UniqueID ConfirmationID EditorID
u3kd9 xxxx-436a-a2d7 nupd
u3kd9 xxxx-436a-a2d7 9l34c
R3nDo xxxx-436a-a3e4 5rnj
yP48a xxxx-436a-a477 jTpz8
yP48a xxxx-436a-a477 nupd
[
{
"confirmed": {
"Confirmation": "Entry ID=xxxx-436a-a2d7-3525158332f0: Confirmed order submitted.",
"ConfirmationID": "xxxx-436a-a2d7-3525158332f0",
"ConfirmedOrders": 1,
"Received": "8/29/2019 4:31:11 PM Central Time"
},
"editorIds": [
"xxsJYgWDENLoX",
"JR9bWcGwbaymm3a8v",
"JxncJrdpeFJeWsTbT"
] ,
"id": "xxxxx5AvGgeSHy8Ms6Ytyc-1",
"messages": [],
"orderJson": {
"EntryID": "xxxxx5AvGgeSHy8Ms6Ytyc-1",
"Orders": [
{
"DropShipFlag": 1,
"FromAddressValue": 1,
"OrderAttributes": [
{
"AttributeUID": 548
},
{
"AttributeUID": 553
},
{
"AttributeUID": 2418
}
],
"OrderItems": [
{
"EditorId": "aC3f5HsJYgWDENLoX",
"ItemAssets": [
{
"AssetPath": "https://xxxx573043eac521.png",
"DP2NodeID": "10000",
"ImageHash": "000000000000000FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF",
"ImageRotation": 0,
"OffsetX": 50,
"OffsetY": 50,
"PrintedFileName": "aC3f5HsJYgWDENLoX-10000",
"X": 50,
"Y": 52.03909266409266,
"ZoomX": 100,
"ZoomY": 93.75
}
],
"ItemAttributes": [
{
"AttributeUID": 2105
},
{
"AttributeUID": 125
}
],
"ItemBookAttribute": null,
"ProductUID": 52,
"Quantity": 1
}
],
"SendNotificationEmailToAccount": true,
"SequenceNumber": 1,
"ShipToAddress": {
"Addr1": "Addr1",
"Addr2": "0",
"City": "City",
"Country": "US",
"Name": "Name",
"State": "ST",
"Zip": "00000"
}
}
]
},
"orderNumber": null,
"status": "order_placed",
"submitted": {
"Account": "350000",
"ConfirmationID": "xxxxx-436a-a2d7-3525158332f0",
"EntryID": "xxxxx-5AvGgeSHy8Ms6Ytyc-1",
"Key": "D83590AFF0CC0000B54B",
"NumberOfOrders": 1,
"Orders": [
{
"LineItems": [],
"Note": "",
"Products": [
{
"Price": "00.30",
"ProductDescription": "xxxxxint 8x10",
"Quantity": 1
},
{
"Price": "00.40",
"ProductDescription": "xxxxxut Black 8x10",
"Quantity": 1
},
{
"Price": "00.50",
"ProductDescription": "xxxxx"
},
{
"Price": "00.50",
"ProductDescription": "xxxscount",
"Quantity": 1
}
],
"SequenceNumber": "1",
"SubTotal": "00.70",
"Tax": "1.01",
"Total": "00.71"
}
],
"Received": "8/29/2019 4:31:10 PM Central Time"
},
"tracking": null,
"updatedOn": 1.598736670503000e+12
}
]

Answer 1

So, this is how I'd query that exact JSON assuming the data is in column var in table x:
SELECT x.var[0]:confirmed:ConfirmationID::varchar as ConfirmationID,
f.value::varchar as EditorID
FROM x,
LATERAL FLATTEN(input => var[0]:editorIds) f
;
Since your sample output doesn't match the JSON that you provided, I will assume that this is what you need.
Also, as a note, your JSON includes outer [ ] which indicates that the entire JSON string is inside an array. This is the reason for var[0] in my query. If you have multiple records inside that array, then you should remove that. In general, you should exclude those and instead load each record into the table separately. I wasn't sure whether you could make that change, so I just wanted to make note.