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      Discover JSON files on the local file system

      Please first read how to use the Discovery Application.

      Discover JSON files

      To discover JSON schema files on the local file system with the Discovery Application, please choose the following source system type:

      Then fill in the following information:

      • Name: discovery name
        • Example: JSON_Customers_Local
      • File or Directory: fill a path to a directory if you want to discover several JSON schema files or the path to the file itself if you want to discover a single JSON schema file
        • Example: C:\Discovery Application\JSON on local file system\source
        • This path contains several JSON schema files:

      The file(s) to discover are JSON schema files and not JSON files containing the data.

      You can quickly produce a JSON schema file from a JSON file using generative AI.

      • Term Delimiter for Nested JSON: if your JSON is nested (contains arrays), the default delimiter is "."
        But if some attributes in your JSON schema file contain "." as "cust.name", you must set another delimiter as *, #, @...