# system.kanoa.utilities.convertDatasetToJSON(data)

Converts a dataset to a list of dictionaries

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### Parameters
**data** `Dataset`: The data to be converted<br />

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### Returns
**listDict** `List of Dictionaries`<br />

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### Example
```python
data = system.kanoa.shift.getShiftNames({})
print system.kanoa.utilities.convertDatasetToJSON(data)
> [{
		'shiftName': u'1st Shift', 
		'changedDate': None, 
		'createdDate': None, 
		'createdBy': None, 
		'changedBy': None, 
		'shiftNameId': 1
	}, 
		{'shiftName': u'2nd Shift', 
		'changedDate': None, 
		'createdDate': None, 
		'createdBy': None, 
		'changedBy': None, 
		'shiftNameId': 2
	}
  ]

>
>
```