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Handling multiple ODK repeat groups

📜 This job is an official example from OpenFn.

Metadata​

Key Functions​

create, dataPath, dataValue, each, field, fields, lastReferenceValue, merge

Expression​

/*
Create many records from an ODK submission, moving in and out of repeat
blocks, submitted by Taylor Downs @ OpenFn.
*/

beta.each(
'$.data.data[*]',
create(
'ODK__c',
fields(
field('Event_Type__c', dataValue('event_type')),
field('Training_Type__c', dataValue('training_type')),
field('Event_Leader_ID__c', dataValue('leader')),
field('Event_Date__c', dataValue('date')),
field('metainstanceid__c', dataValue('*meta-instance-id*'))
)
)
);

beta.each(
merge(
dataPath('data[*].attendee_new[*]'),
fields(field('parentId', lastReferenceValue('id')))
),
create(
'ODK_Child_2__c',
fields(
field('ODK__c', dataValue('parentId')),
field('Barcode__c', dataValue('new_attendee_id')),
field('First_Name__c', dataValue('new_attendee_first_name')),
field('Last_Name__c', dataValue('new_attendee_last_name')),
field('Phone_Number__c', dataValue('new_attendee_phone'))
)
)
);

beta.each(
merge(
dataPath('data[*].attendee[*]'),
fields(
field('parentId', function (state) {
return state.references[state.references.length - 1].id;
})
// ^^ This will get the sfID of the 1st item created.
)
),
create(
'ODK_Child_1__c',
fields(
field('ODK__c', dataValue('parentId')),
field('Barcode__c', dataValue('attendee_id')),
field('Late__c', dataValue('late'))
)
)
);