Data-INTO with double array fails but is valid JSON

Hi

I am sure I have seen someone else with this error but searching the archives has not found the incident.

The JSON has a double [[ ]] indicating two arrays. If I remove one set (leaving [ ] ) it processes correctly with the data structure below.

So, we have an unnamed array inside an array, how do we build the data structure for that ?

We have this JSON
{"error_details":[
["34515897: meter_off_time 2025-10-06 01:57:06+00:00 is equal to or before meter_on_time '2025-10-06 02:45:04+00:00'"]
],
"errored_booking_numbers":["34515897"],
"ignored_booking_numbers":[],
"saved_booking_numbers":["34527032","34526927","34526855","34521442"],
"summary":{"error":1,"ignored_duplicate":0,"saved":4}}

I have checked and the JSON is valid.

This is the data structure.

We did originally have the "error_detail" in the structure but had the same problem and removed thinking it may work.

dcl-ds SATSSData_rUploadData qualified template inz;
dcl-ds rData likeds(DKT_GeneralReturnData);
dcl-ds summary;
saved zoned(5) inz(*zeros);
ignored zoned(5) inz(*zeros);
ignored_duplicate zoned(5) inz(*zeros);
error zoned(5) inz(*zeros);
end-ds summary;
count_saved_booking_numbers zoned(5) inz(*zeros);
saved_booking_numbers varchar(20) inz('')
dim(C_SATSS_MAXDATA);
count_ignored_booking_numbers zoned(5) inz(*zeros);
ignored_booking_numbers varchar(20) inz('')
dim(C_SATSS_MAXDATA);
count_errored_booking_numbers zoned(5) inz(*zeros);
errored_booking_numbers varchar(20) inz('')
dim(C_SATSS_MAXDATA);
end-ds;

RPG Code

d rtnData DS likeds(SATSSData_rUploadData)

MONITOR;
Data-into rtnData %Data( %trim(rData.File) :
'doc=file case=convert allowmissing=yes allowextra=yes +
countprefix=count_ trim=all')
%Parser( 'YAJLINTO' );
on-error;
wrkMessage = 'Fail to Convert ' + %trim(rData.File);
UpdateLog(wrkMessage);
exsr Return;
endmon;

Error Message

Data-Into Error message:

Message ID . . . . . . : RNX0356
Date sent . . . . . . : 08/10/25 Time sent . . . . . . : 14:33:00

Message . . . . : The document for the DATA-INTO operation does not match
the RPG variable; reason code 5.

Cause . . . . . : While parsing a document for the DATA-INTO operation, the
parser found that the document does not correspond to RPG variable "rtndata"
and the options do not allow for this. The reason code is 5. The exact
subfield for which the error was detected is "rtndata". The options are
"doc=file case=convert allowmissing=yes allowextra=yes countprefix=count_
trim=all". The document name is
/HOME/SATSS/DOWNLOAD/AIT_20251008_001644918_SATSS_UPLOADDATA.json; *N
indicates that the document is not an external file. The parser is
'YAJLINTO'. *N indicates that the parser is a procedure pointer.
Recovery . . . : Contact the person responsible for program maintenance to
determine the cause of the problem.
Technical description . . . . . . . . : Reason codes and their meanings are
as follows:
1. The specified path to the name was not found in the document.
2. The document contains too few array elements for array subfields of a
data structure.
3. The document contains too many array elements for array subfields of a
data structure.
4. The document is missing information to match subfields.
5. The document contains extra names that do not match subfields.
6. The document contains text content within the content for the subfields
of a data structure.
7. The document contains subfield items for RPG scalar fields, subfields or

Any assistance appreciated.

Thanks
Don


Brisbane - Sydney - Melbourne


Don Brown

Senior Consultant




P: 1300 088 400




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