# Problems with MQTT flow after Excel import and msg modifications

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**Created:** [29 April 2023 10:17 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/problems-with-mqtt-flow-after-excel-import-and-msg-modifications/78030 "2023-04-29T10:17:30Z")\
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Yes, as you want to split as array. When JSONata returns a single item it does not return it as an array unless you tell it to. The split node would receive an object not an array when a [singleton](https://docs.jsonata.org/predicate#singleton-array-and-value-equivalence) is returned

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