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alias: user-guide-business-workflow-task-compose-json
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description: "Serializes supplied records and nested collections into JSON text and matching UTF-8 content without changing or persisting the source."
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# Compose JSON

Serializes supplied records and nested collections into JSON text and matching UTF-8 content without changing or persisting the source.

![Screenshot of a Business Workflow mapping Material records and composing the projected rows as JSON.](images/business-workflow-task-compose-json.png)

## Inputs

Set `Value` in the task details. Use the value editor to select compatible results from earlier tasks.

## Settings

Configure `OmitNulls` in the task settings.

## Outputs

Use `Json`, `Utf8` in subsequent tasks.

??? example "Compose JSON"

    Connect a record from Map collection to `Value`. Use `Json` for text or `Utf8` as an HTTP/integration payload.