Using document generation API, do I have to flatten nested lists?

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Trying to access variables 2-3 levels deep, to be able to access variables that deep, do I need to flatten first? Thanks in advance.

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Raymond CamdenCorrect answer

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You shouldn't need to. Given JSON like so:

{
"person": {
"name":{
"first":"Ray"
}
}
}

(Pardon the lack of indentation.) I could then use {{ person.name.first }} in my document.

Raymond Camden

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Community Manager

You shouldn't need to. Given JSON like so:

{
"person": {
"name":{
"first":"Ray"
}
}
}

(Pardon the lack of indentation.) I could then use {{ person.name.first }} in my document.

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The MS Word Add-in for Adobe Document Generation has a feature to generate tags from JSON for drag-and-drop - does this only work for top-level variables?

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Raymond Camden

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It works just fine with values under the root. I literally used the JSON above and it worked just fine:

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