In AX-3.6 and later, a conversion link automatically results if you link two slots with dissimilar data types. Table 1 lists those conversion-supported (Y) links, by “From” and “To” slots, by data type.
Table 1. Supported conversion links, by “From” data type and “To” data type
| From | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| string | boolean | double | float | long | integer | frozenEnum | dynamicEnum | statusBoolean | statusNumeric | statusEnum | statusString | ord | time | absTime | relTime | ||
| To | string | — | Y* | Y* | Y* | Y* | Y* | Y | Y* | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y* | Y* | Y |
| boolean | Y* | — | Y* | Y* | Y* | Y* | Y | Y* | Y | Y* | Y* | Y* | — | — | — | — | |
| double | Y | Y | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y* | Y | Y | Y | — | Y | Y | Y | |
| float | Y | Y | Y | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y* | Y | Y | Y | — | Y | Y | Y | |
| long | Y | Y | Y | Y | — | Y | Y | Y | Y* | Y | Y | Y | — | Y | Y | Y | |
| integer | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | — | Y | Y | Y* | Y | Y | Y | — | Y | Y | Y | |
| frozenEnum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| dynamicEnum | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | — | Y | Y | Y | — | — | — | — | — | |
| statusBoolean | Y* | Y* | Y* | Y* | Y* | Y* | Y | Y* | — | Y | Y* | Y | — | — | — | — | |
| statusNumeric | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | — | Y | Y | — | — | Y | Y | |
| statusEnum | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | Y | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| statusString | Y | Y | Y* | Y* | Y* | Y* | Y | Y | Y | Y* | Y | — | Y | — | Y* | Y | |
| ord | Y | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Y | — | — | — | — | |
| time | — | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Y | — | |
| absTime | Y | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | — | — | — | Y | — | Y | — | Y | — | — | |
| relTime | — | — | Y | Y | Y | Y | — | — | — | Y | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Each of the “From-To” links made above results in a conversion link, where that link (component) has a specific type of child Converter component.
Y* indicates that the Converter component of the link has one or more properties. For more details, see Converter components and Converter properties.
For specific details on many of the “From” data type links, see Conversion link "From" notes, which contains the following sections:
For an overview of conversion links, see NiagaraAX Conversion Links.