6. pipe

In a config modifier schema, use pipe to stack the outcome of a previous keyword as the input of the next. The keywords need to exist at the same nesting level for the keywords to be evaluated in order.

Think of this like a math equation with a parenthetical statement that must be resolved before calculating. For example, 2 + 4 x 6 would have a different outcome from 2 + (4 x 6). In this way, the pipe keyword allows you to bracket keywords for a particular order of operations within the overall schema.

This keyword executes at the following nesting level:

1. omit
2. constant
3. references
4. use
5. get
6. properties or if or concat or switch or pipe or merge
7. default
8. plugin

You can change VisitDateTime to ISO format.

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"Visit": {
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  ...
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  "VisitDateTime": "2025-06-11 00:00:00Z",
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  ...
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}

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$.Visit.VisitDateTime

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pipe:
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  - plugin:
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      name: text
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      action: split
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      parameters:
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        separator: Z
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        getIndex: 0
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  - plugin:
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      name: date-time
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      action: parse
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      parameters:
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        custom: yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss
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        timeZone: America/New_York

Based on this example config modifier schema, VisitDateTime is updated to ISO format.

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"Visit": {
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  ...
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  "VisitDateTime": "2025-06-11T00:00:00.000-04:00",
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  ...
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}