diff --git a/interface/map_def/test/mapdef.json b/interface/map_def/test/mapdef.json
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+{
+    "defn": [
+        {
+            "key": "{Description}",
+            "map": "y",
+            "flag": "g",
+            "field": "f20",
+            "regex": ".{1,20}",
+            "retain": "y"
+        }
+    ],
+    "name": "First 20",
+    "where": [
+        {}
+    ],
+    "function": "extract",
+    "description": "pull first 20 characters from description for mapping"
+}
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