Transform JSON element to SQL Table Format - sql

Question

This question is in relation to my previous problem which was solved.
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Now I need to access columns and values of the Tag "GetCustomReportResult" and transform into a SQL Table format.
The JSON String is actually stored in a column in a SQL Table as seen below and I am trying to transform the elements in the tag "GetCustomReportResult" in a table format with columns and values for each of the "ApplicationID":
Here is what I was trying to access the columns and values within the Tag "GetCustomReportResult":
SELECT
y.cijreport,
y.ApplicationId,
JSON_VALUE(x.value, '$.CIP') as CIP,
JSON_VALUE(x.value, '$.CIQ') as CIQ
--other fields
FROM table as y
CROSS APPLY OPENJSON (cijreport) as x
where cijreport is not null
I now get this error when I execute:
Msg 13609, Level 16, State 2, Line 1 JSON text is not properly formatted. Unexpected character 'o' is found at position 0.

Answer 1

Firstly, you are missing the JSON path '$.data.response'.
Next, you can't use JSON_VALUE on a whole object, it's only good for scalar values. You can either use JSON_QUERY:
SELECT
y.cijreport,
y.ApplicationId,
JSON_QUERY(x.value, '$.CIP') as CIP,
JSON_QUERY(x.value, '$.CIQ') as CIQ, x.VALUE
--other fields
FROM YourTable as y
CROSS APPLY OPENJSON (cijreport, '$.data.response') as x;
Or you can specify property names in OPENJSON
SELECT
y.cijreport,
y.ApplicationId,
x.CIP,
x.CIQ
--other fields
FROM YourTable as y
CROSS APPLY OPENJSON (cijreport, '$.data.response')
WITH (
CIP nvarchar(max) AS JSON,
CIQ nvarchar(max) AS JSON
) AS x;
db<>fiddle
Note that the where cijreport is not null filter is not necessary, because CROSS APPLY OPENJSON will return 0 rows in such a case, and CROSS APPLY acts like an inner join.