Render Data
The Render Data activity takes an input of a data schema and renders it as a text string. The schema processed is based on a specified Data Format shared resource.
You can use this activity in various scenarios, for example, retrieving a result set from a database table. You may want to:
- Format this result set as a formatted text string (with line breaks between each row in the result set), and then write that text string out to a file.
- Use the Render Data activity to render the data schema as a formatted text string.
- Use the Write File activity to write the string to a file.
General
The General tab has the following fields.
| Field | Module Property | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Name | No | The name to be displayed as the label for the activity in the process. |
| Data Format | No | The Data Format shared resource to use when rendering the text output. |
Description
Provide a short description for the Render Data activity.
Input
The following is the input for the activity.
| Input Item | Datatype | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Rows | complex | The element containing the list of items to render. |
| root | complex | The complex element containing data schema (specified by the Data Format shared resource) to render as a text string. This is a repeating element which renders more than one output record. |
Output
The following is the output of the activity.
| Output Item | Datatype | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Text | string | The output text string as a result of rendering the specified data schema. Line breaks separate records of the data schema. |
Fault
The Fault tab lists the possible exceptions generated by this activity. For more information about error codes and the corrective actions to take, see the ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks Error Codes.
| Fault | Generated When. |
|---|---|
| BadDataFormatException | The output format is not valid. |