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RCern
8 - Asteroid

Quick question.  I am combining two sources of data, Source A and Source B.  How can I compare the two sources and see if a Customer ID exists in both and if so, leave the one in Source B out when combining so that there are not two records for the Customer?

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binuacs
21 - Polaris

@RCern @Use the join tool and join with the customer id as key, deselect the right customer id field from the join tool configuration, the J-anchor will have the output which matching customer id records from both sources

RCern
8 - Asteroid

@binuacs But then how do I exclude those specific matched Customer IDs from the combined list of both sets?

binuacs
21 - Polaris

@RCern @Can you explain your use case with an example for better understanding 

abe_ibanez
9 - Comet

Hello, 
If you use a Join tool, it will not combine the data from both sources in the J output anchor; just the ones you select within the Join tool. 

Here is an example: 

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Source A (Top):

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Join Tool configuration:

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Output after Union tool:

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I hope this helps. 

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