Keep headers while union

[Ilkin]

Hello,
Simply what I need is to keep original headers of the data while using union tool.
Example:

I have:

Input1

cars	trucks	planes
4	7	36

Input 2

Ship	boat	submarines
6	5	36

I need:

Output

cars	trucks	planes
4	7	36
Ship	boat	submarines
6	5	36

Note: cars,trucks,planes,ship and ect are NOT DATA , but HEADERS

Thanks in advance!

[mbarone]

A union stacks data, not headers.  It's not intended to do what you're asking.  What you could do is in your input tools is check the box "First Row Contains Data".  It will push your headers down into a data row, and your headers will become F1, F2, etc.  You could then union them like that.

[atcodedog05]

Hi @Ilkin 

Extending on the @mbarone post. Here is an example

1. You need to set the above highlighted option First row contains data so that you get column names also as data.

2. Since we are using First row contains data our column name will be F1,F2... which we do not want on our output. Hence select Skip filed names in output tool like below

Output: (F1,F2 are not outputted)

Hope this helps 🙂

[Ilkin]

Thank you I know this method but the issue is that my data is not on the input stage I have modified it using lots of tools so between input tool and the union tool there are lots of analytics that unfortunately wil not work if I will use method u described. I need something else may be it's not union tool or may be there are other way to modify data before unioning it.

[atcodedog05 · Accepted solution]

Hi @Ilkin 

Since above approach doesnt work for you. There is another way.

Workflow:

1. Convert them to report table using table tool.

2. Then union them and output it. This way the tables comes one above other without any other header.

Output:

Note : you might have to configure the table tool to get the desired color formatting.

Hope this helps 🙂

[DivRK]

Hi, checking if there is an alternate to table tool to get the output. i need to over write sheets so cant use the render tool.

I tried duplicating the headers, so the main headers gets dropped in the union but the duplicate headers passes through; however, since my 2nd input has extra columns, this does not work well.