# Change dot notation in API response

**URL:** <https://community.parabola.io/t/change-dot-notation-in-api-response/1179>\
**Category:** Ask a question\
**Tags:** Using-APIs, Building-Flows\
**Created:** [October 15, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://community.parabola.io/t/change-dot-notation-in-api-response/1179 "2020-10-15T02:10:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Luke\_Jamison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@Luke\_Jamison](https://community.parabola.io/u/Luke_Jamison)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 2:10am UTC](https://community.parabola.io/t/change-dot-notation-in-api-response/1179/1 "2020-10-15T02:10:14Z")

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Hello,

So I have an API that returns a count of jobs for a specific date and one of the object keys is the current date. So the issue I’m having is that parabola only saves the key that is for the date I publish the flow so for example today is ` 2020-10-14` so when the flow goes to run tomorrow its going to look for `2020-10-14` not `2020-10-15` I have included a sample response form the api and would love any suggestions.  
I think that parabola uses dot notation so in the builder it looks like `api.data.2020-10-14.all`, so I would love for it to use the current date.

Thank you!

```auto
{
  "data": {
    "2020-10-14": {
      "info_recv": 0,
      "dispatched": 2,
      "completed": 18,
      "completed_partial": 0,
      "failed": 0,
      "on_hold": 0,
      "return": 0,
      "unassigned": 0,
      "assigned": 20,
      "all": 20
    }
  }
}

```

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**Author:** ![anon36387498](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@anon36387498](https://community.parabola.io/u/anon36387498)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://community.parabola.io/t/change-dot-notation-in-api-response/1179/2 "2020-10-15T18:43:43Z")

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Hi @Luke_Jamison,

Are you using the step `Start with date & time row` to get the current date? If so, the step’s default settings _Days Offset_ is set to 0 and pulls in the current time stamp for when the flow runs (it’ll update itself automatically).

If you need this to look for a future date, you can adjust the step’s _Days Offset_ settings to get at the date you’ll need. For example, if you set the offset to 1, it will show a time stamp for tomorrow instead of today.

Or are you referring to the step `Enrich with an API` that may be connected to the date step? If I misunderstood your question, can you send a flow screenshot of how it is set up so I can better under this problem? Thanks – happy to continue troubleshooting.