# Watcher parse an array

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-parse-an-array/220777>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 25, 2020, 6:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-parse-an-array/220777 "2020-02-25T06:27:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 25, 2020, 9:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/watcher-parse-an-array/220777/4 "2020-02-25T09:20:30Z")

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The result of this watcher execution

> ```
> "ctx.payload.hits.total": 2
> foreach object [ctx.payload.hits.hits] was an empty list, could not run any action
> 
> ```

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