Merge pull request #7290 from douglaslMS/ssis-odata-types

Added explicit list of supported types per email thread.

Author: PRMerger6

docs/integration-services/data-flow/odata-source.md

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 title: "OData Source | Microsoft Docs"
-ms.date: "03/01/2017"
+ms.date: "09/17/2018"
 ms.prod: sql
 ms.prod_service: "integration-services"
 ms.reviewer: ""
@@ -21,17 +21,29 @@ ms.author: "douglasl"
 manager: craigg
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 # OData Source
-Use the OData Source component in an SSIS package to consume data from an Open Data Protocol (OData) service. The component supports the OData v3 and v4 protocols.  
+Use the OData Source component in an SSIS package to consume data from an Open Data Protocol (OData) service.
+
+## Supported protocols and data formats
+
+The component supports the OData v3 and v4 protocols.  
 
 -   For OData V3 protocol, the component supports the ATOM and JSON data formats.  
 
 -   For OData V4 protocol, the component supports the JSON data format.  
 
+## Supported data sources
+
 The OData source includes support for the following data sources:
 -   Microsoft Dynamics AX Online and Microsoft Dynamics CRM Online
 -   SharePoint lists. To see all the lists on a SharePoint server, use the following URL: http://\<server>/_vti_bin/ListData.svc. For more information about SharePoint URL conventions, see [SharePoint Foundation REST Interface](http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/ff521587.aspx).
 
-> [!NOTE]
+## Supported data types
+
+The OData source supports the following simple data types: int, byte[], bool, byte, DateTime, DateTimeOffset, decimal, double, Guid, Int16, Int32, Int64, sbyte, float, string, and TimeSpan.
+
+To discover the data types of columns in your data source, check the `http://<OData feed endpoint>/$metadata` page.
+
+> [!IMPORTANT]
 > The OData Source component does not support complex types, such as multiple-choice items, in SharePoint lists.
 
 ## OData Format and Performance