# Shaping Integration Procedure output for client components

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Which Integration Procedure action shapes data for a Flexcard or Omniscript: Response Actions for trimming, early exits and status codes; Set Values for literals, calculations and strings; Data Mapper Transform actions for XML, value translation, lists and nulls; List Actions for merging; and paging for long loops.

- Certification: Salesforce Omnistudio Consultant
- Exam section: Integration Procedures
- Study guide: https://www.certifyforce.com/study-guide/omnistudio-consultant

**Official exam objective:**

> Recommend approaches for strategically utilizing Data Mapper Transform, Set Values, and Response actions within an integration procedure to transform, filter, and structure data before sending it to the client-side component.

## What the exam expects

- Recommend a Response Action to trim the reply, return only a defined structure, exit early under a condition, or set the HTTP status code.
- Recommend Set Values for literals, renamed nodes, simple calculations and string building, including TOSTRING for large identifiers.
- Recommend a Data Mapper Transform action for XML, value translation, list conversion and null handling, and Ignore Cache when one caller must skip the transform's cache.
- Configure the intent of a List Action merge (merge fields, sort, replacement values) and plan paging for long loops.

Key terms: **Response Action** (ends the procedure and returns data to its caller); **Additional Output** (key-value pairs added to the returned JSON); **Set Values** (sets values in the data JSON from literals, merge fields or formulas); **Data Mapper Transform action** (calls a Transform on the data JSON, in memory); **List Action** (merges lists by matching node values).

## Key facts

| Fact | Detail | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Response Action | Ends the procedure and returns data to the caller | [Response Action for Integration Procedures](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.os_response_action_for_integration_procedures_54655.htm&language=en_US&type=5) |
| Return Only Additional Output | Discards other data; disable Return Full Data JSON | [Response Action for Integration Procedures](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.os_response_action_for_integration_procedures_54655.htm&language=en_US&type=5) |
| StatusCode | A Response Headers key that overrides the HTTP status code | [Response Action for Integration Procedures](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.os_response_action_for_integration_procedures_54655.htm&language=en_US&type=5) |
| Early exit | Multiple Response Actions with Execution Conditional Formulas | [Integration Procedure Best Practices](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.os_integration_procedure_best_practices_54721.htm&language=en_US&type=5) |
| Large IF numbers | Scientific notation by default; wrap in TOSTRING | [Set Values Action for Integration Procedures](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.os_set_values_for_integration_procedures_50310.htm&language=en_US&type=5) |
| Null fields in a Transform | No node by default; Include null values in the response | [Map Inputs and Outputs](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.os_dataraptor_transform_data_mappings_46630.htm&language=en_US&type=5) |
| Two-record list to single object | Flattened and merged into one object | [Transforming Lists with Data Mappers](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.os_list_input_for_dataraptors_47431.htm&language=en_US&type=5) |
| Ignore Cache | Disables the Transform's caching for that action | [Omnistudio Data Mapper Transform Action](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.os_dataraptor_transform_action_for_integration_procedures_51378.htm&language=en_US&type=5) |
| List Action inputs | Must be lists, even with one item | [List Action for Integration Procedures](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.os_list_action_for_integration_procedures_53568.htm&language=en_US&type=5) |
| Loop with a Transform | Over 1000 items degrades performance; page the list | [Work with Data and Lists](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.os_ips_work_with_data_and_lists.htm&language=en_US&type=5) |

## Check yourself

- Why does an early-exit Response Action need an Execution Conditional Formula?
- When should a consultant wrap an IF function in TOSTRING?
- Why does a List Action break when its data source returned only one item?
- What makes a Transform keep empty fields as nodes?

## Sources

- [Response Action for Integration Procedures](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.os_response_action_for_integration_procedures_54655.htm&language=en_US&type=5)
- [Set Values Action for Integration Procedures](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.os_set_values_for_integration_procedures_50310.htm&language=en_US&type=5)
- [Map Inputs and Outputs for Transformations](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.os_dataraptor_transform_data_mappings_46630.htm&language=en_US&type=5)
- [List Action for Integration Procedures](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.os_list_action_for_integration_procedures_53568.htm&language=en_US&type=5)
- [Integration Procedure Actions](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?language=en_US&id=xcloud.os_integration_procedure_actions_50165.htm&type=5)
- [Integration Procedure Best Practices](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.os_integration_procedure_best_practices_54721.htm&language=en_US&type=5)
- [Omnistudio Data Mapper Transform Action for Integration Procedures](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.os_dataraptor_transform_action_for_integration_procedures_51378.htm&language=en_US&type=5)
- [Transforming Lists with Data Mappers](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.os_list_input_for_dataraptors_47431.htm&language=en_US&type=5)
- [Convert a Single Item to a List with One Item](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.os_convert_a_single_item_to_a_list_with_one_item_46799.htm&language=en_US&type=5)
- [Concatenate List Items](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.os_concatenate_list_items.htm&language=en_US&type=5)
- [Work with Data and Lists](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.os_ips_work_with_data_and_lists.htm&language=en_US&type=5)
- [XML and JSON in Omnistudio Data Mappers](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.os_xml_in_dataraptors_46723.htm&language=en_US&type=5)
- [Omnistudio Data Mappers](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=xcloud.os_omnistudio_dataraptors_45587.htm&language=en_US)

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