---
title: "Function: fromSurface() | Customer's Canvas On-Premises"
canonical: "https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/design-editor/iframe-api/reference/design-editor-iframe/functions/Convert.fromSurface/"
---

# Function: fromSurface()

> > **fromSurface**(`surface`): `string`[] \| [`IProductDefinition`](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/design-editor/iframe-api/reference/design-editor-iframe/interfaces/ObjectModel.IProductDefinition.md)

## Parameters

### surface

[`SurfaceTypes`](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/design-editor/iframe-api/reference/design-editor-iframe/types/ObjectModel.SurfaceTypes.md)

## Returns

`string`[] \| [`IProductDefinition`](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/design-editor/iframe-api/reference/design-editor-iframe/interfaces/ObjectModel.IProductDefinition.md)