General Functoid Properties

 

The properties of functoids are displayed in the Microsoft® Visual Studio Properties window when a functoid is selected in a grid page. All functoid properties are categorized as General properties and are shown here in the order in which they appear in the Properties window, regardless of whether they are being shown by category or alphabetically.

For more information about how to edit functoid properties, see Editing Functoid Properties and Input Parameters.

The following table describes the properties of functoids.

Property name	Category	Description
(Name)	General	Shows the name of the selected functoid, such as Table Looping.
Comments	General	Used to add/edit comments for functoid.Provides additional information about the functoid here, such as its purpose.
Help	General	Shows a brief explanation of the purpose and usage of the selected functoid.
Input Parameters	General	Provides access to the Configure Input Parameters dialog box, in which you can change the order of functoid input parameters and define constant input parameters.
Label	General	Specifies a friendly name for the functoid, usually describing the purpose of the functoid within the map being edited. This can make map maintenance easier.
Maximum Input Parameters	General	Shows the maximum number of input parameters allowed by the selected functoid.
Minimum Input Parameters	General	Shows the minimum number of input parameters required by the selected functoid.
Script	General	For the Scripting functoid, provides access to the Configure Functoid Script dialog box, in which you configure the type of the script, and either its location or the script itself.
Table Looping Grid	General	For the Table Looping functoid, provides access to the Table Looping Configuration dialog box, in which you configure the table used at run time to control data transformation.