# Call a stored procedure

Control / script

A variant of [Run a script](https://meridian.online/operations/run-a-script).

Invoke a procedure stored in the database, optionally once per row, and return its results.

Page: <https://meridian.online/operations/run-a-script/call-stored-procedure>

## Status

Not built yet.

arcform does not do this yet; it would live in how a Protocol runs. [Its place on the roadmap](https://meridian.online/roadmap#run-a-script)

## What other tools call it

Meridian's classification; an independent blind rating agreed on 95.7% of 324 rows (variant, version 3).

- Azure Data Factory: [`Stored Procedure`](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/data-factory/transform-data-using-stored-procedure) (read 2026-09-27)
- Apache Hop: [`Call DB procedure`](https://hop.apache.org/manual/latest/pipeline/transforms/calldbproc.html) (read 2026-09-27)
- Pentaho Data Integration: [`Call DB Procedure`](https://docs.pentaho.com/pdia-data-integration/9.3-data-integration/pdi-transformation-steps-reference-overview) (read 2026-09-27)
- Talend: [`Database stored procedure components (family)`](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/components/8.0/About) (read 2026-09-27)