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GetOutputFormat

Definition

            public OutputColumnDetails[] GetOutputFormat(string username, string password, int resultsId)
        

Description

Describes the column layout of the cleansed data file.

After downloading the cleansed data file using the DownloadResults method, most applications will need to read the file and import it back into a line-of-business application. In order to do this, they will need to determine what columns in the cleansed file contain what data.

The documentation for the GetAvailableServices method describes the columns that are added to the file by each data cleansing service. Each of these columns is identified by a two part name, separated by a period.

This method returns an array of OutputColumnDetails instances, each describing a column in the cleansed data file. Each of these instances contains a TablePrefix and ColumnName field, which combine to provide this two part name. In this way, the calling application can scan through this list of column definitions and determine where in the cleansed data the required information can be found.

Results Manager documentation