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alias: user-guide-business-workflow-task-parse-json
render_macros: false
description: "Parses JSON and evaluates an optional JSONata selection or transformation without changing or persisting the supplied content."
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# Parse JSON

Parses JSON and evaluates an optional JSONata selection or transformation without changing or persisting the supplied content.

![Screenshot of a Business Workflow selecting orders.total from JSON and displaying the result.](images/business-workflow-task-parse-json.png)

## Inputs

Set `Json`, `Expression`, `ExpectedSchema` in the task details. Use the value editor to select compatible results from earlier tasks.

## Outputs

Use `Result`, `Found` in subsequent tasks.

??? example "Parse JSON"

    Connect JSON text and enter JSONata expression `orders.total`. Connect the parsed result to a typed downstream input. Supply an expected schema when validation is required.

## Behavior

`Expression` uses JSONata. Connect `ExpectedSchema` when the result must be validated against a schema.