diff --git a/function-samples/http-click-ingest/pom.xml b/function-samples/http-click-ingest/pom.xml
index 9954398..36e79f1 100644
--- a/function-samples/http-click-ingest/pom.xml
+++ b/function-samples/http-click-ingest/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
   <groupId>org.springframework.cloud.dataflow.samples</groupId>
   <artifactId>http-click-ingest</artifactId>
-  <version>1.0.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.0.2.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>http-ingest</name>
   <description>Http click ingest application</description>
 
diff --git a/function-samples/http-click-ingest/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/dataflow/samples/source/HttpIngest.java b/function-samples/http-click-ingest/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/dataflow/samples/source/HttpIngest.java
index fe5c121..3124ad4 100644
--- a/function-samples/http-click-ingest/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/dataflow/samples/source/HttpIngest.java
+++ b/function-samples/http-click-ingest/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/dataflow/samples/source/HttpIngest.java
@@ -50,26 +50,6 @@ public class HttpIngest {
 		};
 	}
 
-	@Bean
-	public Function<Message<?>, Message<?>> byteArrayToString() {
-		return message -> {
-			if (message.getPayload() instanceof byte[]) {
-				MessageHeaders headers = message.getHeaders();
-				String contentType = headers.containsKey("contentType") ?
-						headers.get("contentType").toString() :
-						"application/json";
-				if (contentType.contains("text") || contentType.contains("json") || contentType
-						.contains("x-spring-tuple")) {
-					message = MessageBuilder
-							.withPayload(new String((byte[]) ((byte[]) message.getPayload())))
-							.copyHeaders(message.getHeaders()).build();
-				}
-			}
-
-			return message;
-		};
-	}
-
 	public static void main(String[] args) {
 		SpringApplication.run(HttpIngest.class, args);
 	}
diff --git a/function-samples/http-click-ingest/src/main/resources/application.yml b/function-samples/http-click-ingest/src/main/resources/application.yml
index 1b1e16f..6ca7698 100644
--- a/function-samples/http-click-ingest/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/function-samples/http-click-ingest/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ spring.cloud.stream.kafka.binder.configuration.key:
 spring.cloud.stream.kafka.binder.configuration.value:
   serializer: org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.LongSerializer
 
-spring.cloud.stream.function.definition: httpSupplier|byteArrayToLong;httpSupplier;
+spring.cloud.stream.function.definition: httpSupplier|byteArrayToLong
 spring.cloud.stream.function.bindings.httpSupplier|byteArrayToLong-out-0: clicks
 
 spring.main.web-application-type: reactive
diff --git a/function-samples/http-region-ingest/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/dataflow/samples/source/HttpIngest.java b/function-samples/http-region-ingest/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/dataflow/samples/source/HttpIngest.java
index fe5c121..44a22a6 100644
--- a/function-samples/http-region-ingest/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/dataflow/samples/source/HttpIngest.java
+++ b/function-samples/http-region-ingest/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/dataflow/samples/source/HttpIngest.java
@@ -30,26 +30,6 @@ import org.springframework.messaging.support.MessageBuilder;
 @Import({ org.springframework.cloud.fn.supplier.http.HttpSupplierConfiguration.class })
 public class HttpIngest {
 
-	@Bean
-	public Function<Message<?>, Message<?>> byteArrayToLong() {
-		return message -> {
-			if (message.getPayload() instanceof byte[]) {
-				MessageHeaders headers = message.getHeaders();
-				String contentType = headers.containsKey("contentType") ?
-						headers.get("contentType").toString() :
-						"application/json";
-				if (contentType.contains("text") || contentType.contains("json") || contentType
-						.contains("x-spring-tuple")) {
-					message = MessageBuilder
-							.withPayload(Long.valueOf(new String((byte[]) ((byte[]) message.getPayload()))))
-							.copyHeaders(message.getHeaders()).build();
-				}
-			}
-
-			return message;
-		};
-	}
-
 	@Bean
 	public Function<Message<?>, Message<?>> byteArrayToString() {
 		return message -> {
diff --git a/function-samples/pom.xml b/function-samples/pom.xml
index 762b3a1..94c39ba 100644
--- a/function-samples/pom.xml
+++ b/function-samples/pom.xml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 		<module>uppercase-processor</module>
 		<module>kstreams-join-user-clicks-and-region</module>
 		<module>kstreams-log-user-clicks-per-region</module>
+		<module>transform-user-clicks-per-region</module>
 	</modules>
 	<organization>
 		<name>Pivotal Software, Inc.</name>
diff --git a/function-samples/transform-user-clicks-per-region/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar b/function-samples/transform-user-clicks-per-region/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5fd4d50
Binary files /dev/null and b/function-samples/transform-user-clicks-per-region/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar differ
diff --git a/function-samples/transform-user-clicks-per-region/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties b/function-samples/transform-user-clicks-per-region/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eb91947
--- /dev/null
+++ b/function-samples/transform-user-clicks-per-region/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.properties
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+distributionUrl=https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/maven/apache-maven/3.3.3/apache-maven-3.3.3-bin.zip
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/function-samples/transform-user-clicks-per-region/README.adoc b/function-samples/transform-user-clicks-per-region/README.adoc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d4695e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/function-samples/transform-user-clicks-per-region/README.adoc
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+# Logger sink that logs the output from the user clicks per region Kafka Streams application's output
+
+This sink application is a modification of out-of-the-box `log` application.
+
+
+To build this application:
+
+./mvnw clean package
+
+To register this application from Spring Cloud Data Flow shell:
+
+```
+dataflow:> app register --name log-user-clicks-per-region --type app --uri file://<local parent directory of this git repo>/spring-cloud-dataflow-samples/kafka-samples/kstreams-log-user-clicks-per-region/target/kstreams-log-user-clicks-per-region-1.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT.jar
+```
diff --git a/function-samples/transform-user-clicks-per-region/mvnw b/function-samples/transform-user-clicks-per-region/mvnw
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a1ba1bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/function-samples/transform-user-clicks-per-region/mvnw
@@ -0,0 +1,233 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Maven2 Start Up Batch script
+#
+# Required ENV vars:
+# ------------------
+#   JAVA_HOME - location of a JDK home dir
+#
+# Optional ENV vars
+# -----------------
+#   M2_HOME - location of maven2's installed home dir
+#   MAVEN_OPTS - parameters passed to the Java VM when running Maven
+#     e.g. to debug Maven itself, use
+#       set MAVEN_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000
+#   MAVEN_SKIP_RC - flag to disable loading of mavenrc files
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+if [ -z "$MAVEN_SKIP_RC" ] ; then
+
+  if [ -f /etc/mavenrc ] ; then
+    . /etc/mavenrc
+  fi
+
+  if [ -f "$HOME/.mavenrc" ] ; then
+    . "$HOME/.mavenrc"
+  fi
+
+fi
+
+# OS specific support.  $var _must_ be set to either true or false.
+cygwin=false;
+darwin=false;
+mingw=false
+case "`uname`" in
+  CYGWIN*) cygwin=true ;;
+  MINGW*) mingw=true;;
+  Darwin*) darwin=true
+           #
+           # Look for the Apple JDKs first to preserve the existing behaviour, and then look
+           # for the new JDKs provided by Oracle.
+           #
+           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK ] ; then
+             #
+             # Apple JDKs
+             #
+             export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK/Home
+           fi
+
+           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK ] ; then
+             #
+             # Apple JDKs
+             #
+             export JAVA_HOME=/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK/Contents/Home
+           fi
+
+           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -L "/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK" ] ; then
+             #
+             # Oracle JDKs
+             #
+             export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/CurrentJDK/Contents/Home
+           fi
+
+           if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] && [ -x "/usr/libexec/java_home" ]; then
+             #
+             # Apple JDKs
+             #
+             export JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home`
+           fi
+           ;;
+esac
+
+if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+  if [ -r /etc/gentoo-release ] ; then
+    JAVA_HOME=`java-config --jre-home`
+  fi
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$M2_HOME" ] ; then
+  ## resolve links - $0 may be a link to maven's home
+  PRG="$0"
+
+  # need this for relative symlinks
+  while [ -h "$PRG" ] ; do
+    ls=`ls -ld "$PRG"`
+    link=`expr "$ls" : '.*-> \(.*\)$'`
+    if expr "$link" : '/.*' > /dev/null; then
+      PRG="$link"
+    else
+      PRG="`dirname "$PRG"`/$link"
+    fi
+  done
+
+  saveddir=`pwd`
+
+  M2_HOME=`dirname "$PRG"`/..
+
+  # make it fully qualified
+  M2_HOME=`cd "$M2_HOME" && pwd`
+
+  cd "$saveddir"
+  # echo Using m2 at $M2_HOME
+fi
+
+# For Cygwin, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
+if $cygwin ; then
+  [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
+    M2_HOME=`cygpath --unix "$M2_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
+    JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --unix "$JAVA_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] &&
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --unix "$CLASSPATH"`
+fi
+
+# For Migwn, ensure paths are in UNIX format before anything is touched
+if $mingw ; then
+  [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
+    M2_HOME="`(cd "$M2_HOME"; pwd)`"
+  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
+    JAVA_HOME="`(cd "$JAVA_HOME"; pwd)`"
+  # TODO classpath?
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ]; then
+  javaExecutable="`which javac`"
+  if [ -n "$javaExecutable" ] && ! [ "`expr \"$javaExecutable\" : '\([^ ]*\)'`" = "no" ]; then
+    # readlink(1) is not available as standard on Solaris 10.
+    readLink=`which readlink`
+    if [ ! `expr "$readLink" : '\([^ ]*\)'` = "no" ]; then
+      if $darwin ; then
+        javaHome="`dirname \"$javaExecutable\"`"
+        javaExecutable="`cd \"$javaHome\" && pwd -P`/javac"
+      else
+        javaExecutable="`readlink -f \"$javaExecutable\"`"
+      fi
+      javaHome="`dirname \"$javaExecutable\"`"
+      javaHome=`expr "$javaHome" : '\(.*\)/bin'`
+      JAVA_HOME="$javaHome"
+      export JAVA_HOME
+    fi
+  fi
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+  if [ -n "$JAVA_HOME"  ] ; then
+    if [ -x "$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java" ] ; then
+      # IBM's JDK on AIX uses strange locations for the executables
+      JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/jre/sh/java"
+    else
+      JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
+    fi
+  else
+    JAVACMD="`which java`"
+  fi
+fi
+
+if [ ! -x "$JAVACMD" ] ; then
+  echo "Error: JAVA_HOME is not defined correctly." >&2
+  echo "  We cannot execute $JAVACMD" >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$JAVA_HOME" ] ; then
+  echo "Warning: JAVA_HOME environment variable is not set."
+fi
+
+CLASSWORLDS_LAUNCHER=org.codehaus.plexus.classworlds.launcher.Launcher
+
+# For Cygwin, switch paths to Windows format before running java
+if $cygwin; then
+  [ -n "$M2_HOME" ] &&
+    M2_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$M2_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$JAVA_HOME" ] &&
+    JAVA_HOME=`cygpath --path --windows "$JAVA_HOME"`
+  [ -n "$CLASSPATH" ] &&
+    CLASSPATH=`cygpath --path --windows "$CLASSPATH"`
+fi
+
+# traverses directory structure from process work directory to filesystem root
+# first directory with .mvn subdirectory is considered project base directory
+find_maven_basedir() {
+  local basedir=$(pwd)
+  local wdir=$(pwd)
+  while [ "$wdir" != '/' ] ; do
+    if [ -d "$wdir"/.mvn ] ; then
+      basedir=$wdir
+      break
+    fi
+    wdir=$(cd "$wdir/.."; pwd)
+  done
+  echo "${basedir}"
+}
+
+# concatenates all lines of a file
+concat_lines() {
+  if [ -f "$1" ]; then
+    echo "$(tr -s '\n' ' ' < "$1")"
+  fi
+}
+
+export MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=${MAVEN_BASEDIR:-$(find_maven_basedir)}
+MAVEN_OPTS="$(concat_lines "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR/.mvn/jvm.config") $MAVEN_OPTS"
+
+# Provide a "standardized" way to retrieve the CLI args that will
+# work with both Windows and non-Windows executions.
+MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS="$MAVEN_CONFIG $@"
+export MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS
+
+WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
+
+exec "$JAVACMD" \
+  $MAVEN_OPTS \
+  -classpath "$MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR/.mvn/wrapper/maven-wrapper.jar" \
+  "-Dmaven.home=${M2_HOME}" "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=${MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR}" \
+  ${WRAPPER_LAUNCHER} "$@"
diff --git a/function-samples/transform-user-clicks-per-region/mvnw.cmd b/function-samples/transform-user-clicks-per-region/mvnw.cmd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b934e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/function-samples/transform-user-clicks-per-region/mvnw.cmd
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+@REM or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+@REM distributed with this work for additional information
+@REM regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+@REM to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+@REM "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+@REM with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+@REM
+@REM    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+@REM
+@REM Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+@REM software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+@REM "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+@REM KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+@REM specific language governing permissions and limitations
+@REM under the License.
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+@REM Maven2 Start Up Batch script
+@REM
+@REM Required ENV vars:
+@REM JAVA_HOME - location of a JDK home dir
+@REM
+@REM Optional ENV vars
+@REM M2_HOME - location of maven2's installed home dir
+@REM MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO - set to 'on' to enable the echoing of the batch commands
+@REM MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE - set to 'on' to wait for a key stroke before ending
+@REM MAVEN_OPTS - parameters passed to the Java VM when running Maven
+@REM     e.g. to debug Maven itself, use
+@REM set MAVEN_OPTS=-Xdebug -Xrunjdwp:transport=dt_socket,server=y,suspend=y,address=8000
+@REM MAVEN_SKIP_RC - flag to disable loading of mavenrc files
+@REM ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+@REM Begin all REM lines with '@' in case MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO is 'on'
+@echo off
+@REM enable echoing my setting MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO to 'on'
+@if "%MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%" == "on"  echo %MAVEN_BATCH_ECHO%
+
+@REM set %HOME% to equivalent of $HOME
+if "%HOME%" == "" (set "HOME=%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%")
+
+@REM Execute a user defined script before this one
+if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPre
+@REM check for pre script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.bat"
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_pre.cmd"
+:skipRcPre
+
+@setlocal
+
+set ERROR_CODE=0
+
+@REM To isolate internal variables from possible post scripts, we use another setlocal
+@setlocal
+
+@REM ==== START VALIDATION ====
+if not "%JAVA_HOME%" == "" goto OkJHome
+
+echo.
+echo Error: JAVA_HOME not found in your environment. >&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
+echo location of your Java installation. >&2
+echo.
+goto error
+
+:OkJHome
+if exist "%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" goto init
+
+echo.
+echo Error: JAVA_HOME is set to an invalid directory. >&2
+echo JAVA_HOME = "%JAVA_HOME%" >&2
+echo Please set the JAVA_HOME variable in your environment to match the >&2
+echo location of your Java installation. >&2
+echo.
+goto error
+
+@REM ==== END VALIDATION ====
+
+:init
+
+set MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS=%*
+
+@REM Find the project base dir, i.e. the directory that contains the folder ".mvn".
+@REM Fallback to current working directory if not found.
+
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%MAVEN_BASEDIR%
+IF NOT "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%"=="" goto endDetectBaseDir
+
+set EXEC_DIR=%CD%
+set WDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
+:findBaseDir
+IF EXIST "%WDIR%"\.mvn goto baseDirFound
+cd ..
+IF "%WDIR%"=="%CD%" goto baseDirNotFound
+set WDIR=%CD%
+goto findBaseDir
+
+:baseDirFound
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%WDIR%
+cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
+goto endDetectBaseDir
+
+:baseDirNotFound
+set MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR=%EXEC_DIR%
+cd "%EXEC_DIR%"
+
+:endDetectBaseDir
+
+IF NOT EXIST "%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config" goto endReadAdditionalConfig
+
+@setlocal EnableExtensions EnableDelayedExpansion
+for /F "usebackq delims=" %%a in ("%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%\.mvn\jvm.config") do set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=!JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS! %%a
+@endlocal & set JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS=%JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS%
+
+:endReadAdditionalConfig
+
+SET MAVEN_JAVA_EXE="%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe"
+
+set WRAPPER_JAR="".\.mvn\wrapper\maven-wrapper.jar""
+set WRAPPER_LAUNCHER=org.apache.maven.wrapper.MavenWrapperMain
+
+%MAVEN_JAVA_EXE% %JVM_CONFIG_MAVEN_PROPS% %MAVEN_OPTS% %MAVEN_DEBUG_OPTS% -classpath %WRAPPER_JAR% "-Dmaven.multiModuleProjectDirectory=%MAVEN_PROJECTBASEDIR%" %WRAPPER_LAUNCHER% %MAVEN_CMD_LINE_ARGS%
+if ERRORLEVEL 1 goto error
+goto end
+
+:error
+set ERROR_CODE=1
+
+:end
+@endlocal & set ERROR_CODE=%ERROR_CODE%
+
+if not "%MAVEN_SKIP_RC%" == "" goto skipRcPost
+@REM check for post script, once with legacy .bat ending and once with .cmd ending
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.bat"
+if exist "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd" call "%HOME%\mavenrc_post.cmd"
+:skipRcPost
+
+@REM pause the script if MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE is set to 'on'
+if "%MAVEN_BATCH_PAUSE%" == "on" pause
+
+if "%MAVEN_TERMINATE_CMD%" == "on" exit %ERROR_CODE%
+
+exit /B %ERROR_CODE%
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/function-samples/transform-user-clicks-per-region/pom.xml b/function-samples/transform-user-clicks-per-region/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..67040f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/function-samples/transform-user-clicks-per-region/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
+    <version>2.3.1.RELEASE</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <groupId>org.springframework.cloud.dataflow.samples</groupId>
+  <artifactId>transform-user-clicks-per-region</artifactId>
+  <version>1.0.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <name>transform-user-clicks-per-region</name>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+    <dependencies>
+      <!-- (begin) managed dependencies -->
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-dependencies</artifactId>
+        <version>Horsham.SR6</version>
+        <type>pom</type>
+        <scope>import</scope>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-cloud-function-dependencies</artifactId>
+        <version>3.0.8.RELEASE</version>
+        <type>pom</type>
+        <scope>import</scope>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-cloud-dependencies</artifactId>
+        <version>Hoxton.SR1</version>
+        <type>pom</type>
+        <scope>import</scope>
+      </dependency>
+      <!-- (end) managed dependencies -->
+    </dependencies>
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.cloud.fn</groupId>
+      <artifactId>payload-converter-function</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+    <!-- This dependency adds Spring Cloud Stream Binder for Apache Kafka -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.cloud</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- This dependency exposes web endpoints for status health check etc.,  -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+  <repositories>
+    <repository>
+      <id>spring-snapshots</id>
+      <name>Spring Snapshots</name>
+      <url>https://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot</url>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>true</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+    </repository>
+    <repository>
+      <id>spring-milestones</id>
+      <name>Spring Milestones</name>
+      <url>https://repo.spring.io/libs-milestone-local</url>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+    </repository>
+    <repository>
+      <id>spring-releases</id>
+      <name>Spring Releases</name>
+      <url>https://repo.spring.io/release</url>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+    </repository>
+  </repositories>
+  <pluginRepositories>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <id>spring-snapshots</id>
+      <name>Spring Snapshots</name>
+      <url>https://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot-local</url>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>true</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+    </pluginRepository>
+    <pluginRepository>
+      <id>spring-milestones</id>
+      <name>Spring Milestones</name>
+      <url>https://repo.spring.io/libs-milestone-local</url>
+      <snapshots>
+        <enabled>false</enabled>
+      </snapshots>
+    </pluginRepository>
+  </pluginRepositories>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/function-samples/transform-user-clicks-per-region/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/dataflow/samples/transform/UserClicksPerRegionTransformer.java b/function-samples/transform-user-clicks-per-region/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/dataflow/samples/transform/UserClicksPerRegionTransformer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aab1ca4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/function-samples/transform-user-clicks-per-region/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/dataflow/samples/transform/UserClicksPerRegionTransformer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2015-2016 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.cloud.dataflow.samples.transform;
+
+import java.util.function.Function;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.integration.support.MutableMessage;
+import org.springframework.messaging.Message;
+
+@SpringBootApplication
+public class UserClicksPerRegionTransformer {
+
+
+	@Bean
+	public Function<Message<?>, Message<UserClicksPerRegion>> transform() {
+		return message -> {
+			String regions = (String) message.getHeaders().get("kafka_receivedMessageKey");
+			Long clicks = (Long) message.getPayload();
+			return new MutableMessage<>(new UserClicksPerRegion(regions, clicks));
+		};
+	}
+
+	public class UserClicksPerRegion  {
+
+		private String regions;
+
+		public UserClicksPerRegion(String regions, Long clicks) {
+			this.regions = regions;
+			this.clicks = clicks;
+		}
+
+		private Long clicks;
+
+		public String getRegions() {
+			return regions;
+		}
+
+		public Long getClicks() {
+			return clicks;
+		}
+	}
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+		SpringApplication.run(UserClicksPerRegionTransformer.class, args);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/function-samples/transform-user-clicks-per-region/src/main/resources/application.yml b/function-samples/transform-user-clicks-per-region/src/main/resources/application.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..681e762
--- /dev/null
+++ b/function-samples/transform-user-clicks-per-region/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+spring.cloud.stream.bindings.input:
+  consumer:
+    useNativeEncoding: true
+spring.cloud.stream.kafka.binder.configuration.key:
+  deserializer: org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.StringDeserializer
+spring.cloud.stream.kafka.binder.configuration.value:
+  deserializer: org.apache.kafka.common.serialization.LongDeserializer
+
+spring.cloud.function.definition: transform
+spring.cloud.stream.function.bindings.transform-in-0: input
+spring.cloud.stream.function.bindings.transform-out-0: output