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# Decompose Component

## Overview

The Decompose Component disassembles the Ecosystem Data object and supplies its child elements.

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## Inputs

**Ecosystem Data** \[ED] (Generic Data) - List of Ecosystem Data objects provided by the [Live Link Component](/manual/grasshopper/general-components/live-link-component.md).\
**Index** \[I] (Integer) - Index of Ecosystem Data object to decompose. The default value is set to 0.

## Outputs

**Entity ID** \[EID] (Guid) - List of Entities belonging to decomposed Ecosystem which should be passed to the [Evaluate Component](/manual/grasshopper/general-components/evaluate-component.md) in order to retrieve detailed information about it.\
**Entity Transforms** \[EXF] (Transform) - Tree of transforms lists belonging to Entities from decomposed Ecosystem.