Is there any way to execute a scalar-valued function from within a Derived Column transformation in SSIS?
-Scenario-
I have a function in my source DB that converts weights based on a UOM value in the record's UOM column. I want to utilize this function in the ETL process to ensure that my weight measures are always pounds. Can I call this function from within a Derived Column? If not, is there another transformation task I could utilize within the Data Flow (trying to avoid staging columns)?
dbo.Tasks table
id | Name | netWeight | grossWeight | UOM
12 Task12 30000 50000 10
dbo.MeasurementUnits table
id | Name | Shortname | Type | Precision
12 Kilogram kg 3 10000
14 Pound lb 3 10000
dbo.GetConvertedWeight function
ALTER FUNCTION [dbo].[GetConvertedWeight](@iWeight money, @ifromUOM int, @iToUOM int)
RETURNS money
AS
BEGIN
DECLARE @lConvertedWeight money,
@lKgToGrams money,
@lLbToGrams money,
@lOzToGrams money,
@lWeightInGrams money
--convert the weight to grams first.
SELECT @lWeightInGrams = CASE WHEN @iFromUOM = 12 THEN (ISNULL(@iWeight,0) * 1000)
WHEN @iFromUOM = 14 THEN (ISNULL(@iWeight,0) * 453.5924)
WHEN @iFromUOM = 15 THEN (ISNULL(@iWeight,0) * 28.3495)
WHEN @iFromUOM = 13 THEN (ISNULL(@iWeight,0))
ELSE ISNULL(@iWeight,0)
END
--Convert the converted weight to grams to the desired weight
SELECT @lConvertedWeight = CASE WHEN @iToUOM = 12 THEN (ISNULL(@lWeightInGrams,0) / 1000)
WHEN @iToUOM = 13 THEN ISNULL(@lWeightInGrams,0)
WHEN @iToUOM = 14 THEN (ISNULL(@lWeightInGrams,0)/453.5924)
WHEN @iToUOM = 15 THEN (ISNULL(@lWeightInGrams,0) / 28.3495 )
ELSE (ISNULL(@lWeightInGrams,0)/453.5924)
END
RETURN @lConvertedWeight
Example function call
dbo.GetConvertedWeight(dbo.Tasks.netWeight, dbo.Tasks.weightUOM, 14) AS netWeight