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Atleryx - use regex or formula tool to change row #n to match first row

dataviolet
7 - Meteor

Hello,

 

I have data that looks like this:

Column1
Entity 1
Entity 2
Entity 3
Entity 4
Entity 5
Entity 6
Entity 7
Entity 8
Entity 9
Entity 10
.....
Entity Cons

 

I want to create a formula to change "Entity Cons" to be whatever the first row of data says. In the case above, I want "Entity Cons" to say "Entity 1." 

 

How can I go about doing this? I was thinking maybe a multi-row formula with an IIF(contains([column1],"cons"....

but I'm not sure how to get Alteryx to spit out the first record. I simplified the data here, the real data doesn't actually contain numbers 1-10, so I'm not sure how to get this formula to work.

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Qiu
21 - Polaris
21 - Polaris

@dataviolet 
Something like this?

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dataviolet
7 - Meteor

thank you, yes this works! thanks for helping me think of my data in a different way.

Qiu
21 - Polaris
21 - Polaris

@dataviolet 
Glad it helps and thank you for mark it as accept.

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