# Integration Toolkit Solutions Wiki **URL:** \ **Category:** 3rd Party Modules\ **Tags:** scripting, ignition81\ **Created:** [April 14, 2025, 9:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/integration-toolkit-solutions-wiki/105080 "2025-04-14T21:02:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 15
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## toTransient() and nonTransient() Can someone edit this to give examples of what these functions are supposed to do. I seem to get back the original dataset. - [toTransient()](https://www.automation-pros.com/toolkit/doc/datasets.html#totransient) - [nonTransient()](https://www.automation-pros.com/toolkit/doc/datasets.html#nontransient) * * * That is essentially what they do, from the surface. A little deeper, they change whether the content of the dataset, is serializable or not. The content in `TransientDatasets` is not serializable, meaning they are not persistent. I would need to rely on Phil or perhaps someone from IA to say what expressions return a `TransientDataset`. The exception being the `recorder()` expression from the Tool Kit, which is noted as returning one. I personally have not come up with a need for these two expressions, but I am sure that Phil saw a need for them and so they exist. @lrose, thanks. What exactly does 'serializable' mean in this context? @Transistor It means that the class implements the `Serializable` interface. Which tells the JVM that the state of an object can be serialized into and consequently deserialized from a byte stream. Which means the state of the object can persisted for later use. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/integration-toolkit-solutions-wiki/105080)._