Azure Stream Analytics c# UDF on Edge using complex parameter

Question

I have a scenario where a Device sends data in this format

[   
{
 "Metadata":{"DeviceID":"MWS55V","GatewayID":"abc1"},
 "Payload": [{"Type":"401","Data":"17.51"}],
 "Timestamp":"2018-11-01T09:33:05Z"},
{
 "Metadata":{"DeviceID":"MWS55V","GatewayID":"abc1"},
 "Payload": [{"Type":"401","Data":"18.28"}],
 "Timestamp":"2018-11-01T09:34:05Z"
}
]

I added Azure Stream Analytics C# UDF with the idea to use the whole object as a parameter and change each Payload.Data based on the Payload.Type.

But when I try to pass Payload object as a parameter to the c# UDF an exception is thrown

Error : ** System Exception ** ASA passed a non-supported type System.Object to be marshaled to CSharp UDF Func at variable payload

The only way it worked is if when I tried parameters of type(long, string etc).

Although this doc explicitly saying the supported types, is there a way to receive the whole object inside c# udf or this service is not the best for this scenario and I need to use something else ?

Answer 1

The Payload object is an array, which is a supported type in Stream Analytics C# UDFs. Your function signature should look like:

public static string SampleUDF(Object[] input)

You should not see an error with this. Let me know if you still run into issues.