Ecrion's Data Architect supports calling a function from a .Net assembly in order to customize your data processing. External Functions elements provide the ability to invoke .NET code from an existing assembly.

A method call will appear as a regular diagram element, with the input parameters on the left side and the output values as data sets on the right.

 

 

The following sample describes an External Function named ExternalFunctionSample.FullName:

 

 

In this example, ExternalFunctionSample.FullName has:

- three input parameters (firstName, lastName and gender)

- one output parameter (fullName)

 

OUTPUT VIEW:

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>

<ns:root Full-name="Mr. Joe Doe" xmlns:ns="http://www.tempuri.org/XML"/>