Primitive Data types

Data Type	Range	Description
Binary		Binary data, an array of bytes.
Boolean	true/false	true, false
Byte	0 to 255	Unsigned 8-bit integer
Char	A Unicode character	Represented as an unsigned 16-bit integer
Date	January 1, 0001 to December 31, 9999	Represents a date.
DateTime	00:00:00.0000000, January 1, 0001 to 23:59:59.9999999, December 31, 9999	Represents an instant in time, typically expressed as a date and time of day. With a millisecond precision.
Decimal	-79228162514264337593543950335 to 79228162514264337593543950335 (28-29 significant digits)	The decimal keyword indicates a 128-bit data type. Compared to floating-point types, the decimal type has more precision and a smaller range, which makes it appropriate for financial and monetary calculations.
Double	±5.0 × 10−324 to ±1.7 × 10308 (15-16 significant digits)	Stores a 64-bit floating-point value.
Float	-3.4 × 1038 to +3.4 × 1038 (15-16 significant digits)	Stores a 32-bit floating-point values
Guid	16 byte identifier	Represents a globally unique identifier (GUID).
Int16	-32,768 to 32,767	Signed 16-bit integer
Int32	-2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647	Signed 32-bit integer
Int64	-9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to 9,223,372,036,854,775,807	Signed 64-bit integer
SByte	-128 to 127	Signed 8-bit integer
String		The string type represents a sequence of zero or more Unicode characters
Time	00:00:00.0000000 to 23:59:59.9999999	Represents a time, with a millisecond precision.
TimeSpan	-10,675,199 days to +10,675,199 days.	TimeSpan represents a duration of time, it can be negative or positive and has a millisecond precision.
UInt16	0 to 65,535	Unsigned 16-bit integer
UInt32	0 to 4,294,967,295	Unsigned 32-bit integer
UInt64	0 to 18,446,744,073,709,551,615	Unsigned 64-bit integer

Complex Data Types

Data Type	Description
Node	A structured data container (i.e. an XML node), can also contain child Nodes. This structured data comes from a source component (XML, DB, data source).

Data Type Groups

The following types represent types of data, Any may be any type at all, Atomic maybe any primitive type, and Numeric may contain any of the numeric types. They are typically used as inputs on components where the component can deal with a number of input data types.

Data Type	Allowable Types
Any	Binary, Byte, Char, Date, DateTime, Decimal, Double, Float, Guid, Int16, Int32, Int64, Node, SByte, String, Time, TimeSpan, UInt16, UInt32, UInt64
Atomic	Binary, Byte, Char, Date, DateTime, Decimal, Double, Float, Guid, Int16, Int32, Int64, SByte, String, Time, TimeSpan, UInt16, UInt32, UInt64
Numeric	Byte, Decimal, Double, Float, Int16, Int32, Int64, SByte, UInt16, UInt32, UInt64