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Defines the output data type of a module type definition.

Schema Hierarchy

ManagementPack
  TypeDefinitions
    ModuleTypes
      WriteActionModuleType
        OutputType

Syntax

Xml
<OutputType>DataTypeID</OutputType>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent the elements of the OutputType element.

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

None.

Parent Elements

Element Description

DataSourceModuleType

Represents a data source module type definition in a management pack.

ConditionDetectionModuleType

Represents a condition detection module type definition in a management pack.

WriteActionModuleType

Represents a write action module type definition in a management pack.

Remarks

The value of OutputType depends on your module construction. In the case of a WriteActionModuleType, the output type is optional and, if included, indicates that the module is outputting data to the operations database. The output data is never consumed by another module in a workflow.

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