In calculations that can produce decimal values, the Integration Service processes bigint values as doubles or decimals. When a session contains a calculation that can produce decimal values and runs without high precision, the Integration Service converts bigint values to doubles before it performs the calculation. The transformation Double datatype supports precision of up to 15 digits, while the Bigint datatype supports precision of up to 19 digits. Therefore, precision loss can occur in calculations that produce bigint values with precision of more than 15 digits.

For example, an expression transformation contains the following calculation:

Before it performs the calculation, the Integration Service converts the inputs to the POWER function to double values. If the BIGINTVAL port contains the bigint value 9223372036854775807, the Integration Service converts this value to 9.22337203685478e+18, losing the last four digits of precision. If the EXPVAL port contains the value 1.0 and the result port is a bigint, this calculation produces a row error since the result, 9223372036854780000, exceeds the maximum bigint value.

When you use a bigint value in a calculation that can produce decimal values and you run the session with high precision, the Integration Service converts the bigint values to decimals. The transformation Decimal datatype supports precision of up to 28 digits. Therefore, precision loss does not occur in a calculation unless the result produces a value with precision greater than 28 digits. In this case, the Integration Service stores the result as a double.