This step can be used instead of the other, more specialized, output steps, such as Text File Writer, to create a Plan file that is usable as either a component or an online service. An output step in a Plan file in a component step creates an endpoint named by the output step. Then data sent into this step through the 'out' endpoint are sent into the component step to the created endpoint. The format of the records is determined by the record format of the 'out' endpoint. A similar situation is when a Plan file with an output step is used as an online service. In this case the output steps can be used as transmitters of data to the online service and the data sent to the output step are transmitted to the online service. The "opposite" step is Integration Input.