Copies the output of a field into each section in a section group, or from a parent section into each section in a nested section group.

Parameters

The following parameters are in the computed field's global Method parameter:

key	value	description
id (required)	`copy_to_section`
source_id (required)	source field ID in the current config	Copies data from a field that's external to the section group's range to each section in the section group. The source ID to copy must be in a field array or section that is one level up in the hierarchy relative to the destination section. For example, in a sections group, copy from the base fields array. In a nested sections group, copy from the parent section group's field array. A more flexible alternative to this method is to use traversal syntax (`../`) with the Custom Computation method. For an example, see Advanced: Transform sections data.

Examples

The following example shows using computed fields to transform sections data. The example:

Adds a policy number and name to each section using the Copy To Section method. The policy number and name are listed once in the document and are globally applicable to every extracted claim. The example shows how to transform copied data, in this case by concatenating the copied fields.
Redacts a telephone number. The example uses the Custom Computation method to replace digits in the number, and the Suppress Output method to omit the complete number from the output.
For a more flexible alternative to this example, see Advanced: Transform sections data.

Config

{
  "fields": [
    {
      /* capture raw policy # to copy into 
      each claim using copy_to_section */
      "id": "_raw_policy_number",
      "type": "number",
      "anchor": "policy number",
      "method": {
        "id": "label",
        "position": "right"
      }
    },
    {
      /* capture raw policy name to copy into 
      each claim using copy_to_section */
      "id": "_raw_policy_name",
      "anchor": "policy name",
      "method": {
        "id": "row",
      }
    },
    /*    each claim starts with "claim number" and ends with 
     "Date of claim" */
    {
      "id": "claims_sections",
      "type": "sections",
      "range": {
        "anchor": {
          "match": {
            "type": "includes",
            "text": "claim number"
          },
        },
        "stop": {
          "type": "includes",
          "text": "Date of claim",
          "isCaseSensitive": true
        }
      },
      /* return each claim as object containing claim # 
      and phone # fields */
      "fields": [
        {
          "id": "claim_number",
          "type": "number",
          "anchor": {
            "match": {
              "type": "startsWith",
              "text": "Claim number:",
              "isCaseSensitive": true
            }
          },
          "method": {
            "id": "label",
            "position": "right"
          }
        },
        {
          "id": "_raw_phone_number",
          "type": "phoneNumber",
          "anchor": {
            "match": {
              "type": "includes",
              "text": "Phone number",
              "isCaseSensitive": true
            }
          },
          "method": {
            "id": "row",
            "position": "right"
          }
        }
      ],
      "computed_fields": [
        /* copy policy number and name from outside sections
         into each claim, and concatenate them */
        {
          "id": "copied_policy_number",
          "method": {
            "id": "copy_to_section",
            "source_id": "_raw_policy_number"
          }
        },
        {
          "id": "copied_policy_name",
          "method": {
            "id": "copy_to_section",
            "source_id": "_raw_policy_name"
          }
        },
        {
          "id": "policy_name_and_number",
          "method": {
            "id": "concat",
            "source_ids": [
              "copied_policy_name",
              "copied_policy_number"
            ]
          }
        },
        /* redact the phone number using Custom Computation method's regex replace operation */
        {
          "id": "redacted_phone_number",
          "method": {
            "id": "customComputation",
            "jsonLogic": {
              "replace": {
                "source": {
                  "var": "_raw_phone_number.value"
                },
                "find_regex": "^.*(\\d{4})$",
                "replace": "***$1",
              }
            }
          }
        },
        {
          "id": "cleanup",
          "method": {
            "id": "suppressOutput",
            "source_ids": [
              "copied_policy_name",
              "copied_policy_number",
              "_raw_phone_number"
            ]
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Example document

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Output

{
  "_raw_policy_number": {
    "source": "5501234567",
    "value": 5501234567,
    "type": "number"
  },
  "_raw_policy_name": {
    "type": "string",
    "value": "National Landscaping Solutions"
  },
  "claims_sections": [
    {
      "claim_number": {
        "source": "1223456789",
        "value": 1223456789,
        "type": "number"
      },
      "policy_name_and_number": {
        "value": "National Landscaping Solutions 5501234567",
        "type": "string"
      },
      "redacted_phone_number": {
        "value": "***8765",
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    {
      "claim_number": {
        "source": "9876543211",
        "value": 9876543211,
        "type": "number"
      },
      "policy_name_and_number": {
        "value": "National Landscaping Solutions 5501234567",
        "type": "string"
      },
      "redacted_phone_number": {
        "value": "null",
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    {
      "claim_number": {
        "source": "6785439210",
        "value": 6785439210,
        "type": "number"
      },
      "policy_name_and_number": {
        "value": "National Landscaping Solutions 5501234567",
        "type": "string"
      },
      "redacted_phone_number": {
        "value": "***8765",
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    {
      "claim_number": {
        "source": "7235439210",
        "value": 7235439210,
        "type": "number"
      },
      "policy_name_and_number": {
        "value": "National Landscaping Solutions 5501234567",
        "type": "string"
      },
      "redacted_phone_number": {
        "value": "***8344",
        "type": "string"
      }
    },
    {
      "claim_number": {
        "source": "8235439211",
        "value": 8235439211,
        "type": "number"
      },
      "policy_name_and_number": {
        "value": "National Landscaping Solutions 5501234567",
        "type": "string"
      },
      "redacted_phone_number": {
        "value": "***9856",
        "type": "string"
      }
    }
  ]
}