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You can configure the Mainframe Connector transcoder's JSON formatting by adding the required configuration in a JSON file,
and specifying this file using the--input-parameter json-dialect=DataPathoption with theqsam encodeorqsam decodecommands.
You must define the JSON configuration as specified in sectionJsonConfiguration.
This page describes the various JSON parameters you can configure as input parameters for transcoding.
TheJsonConfigurationobject contains all JSON encoder and decoder configuration options.
JsonConfiguration
TheJsonConfigurationobject lets you configure the JSON decoder and encoder configuration.
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