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Data Validation

vijaylnyadav
8 - Asteroid

Hi,

 

Please suggest me a workflow from the following data:-

 

1) Sample Data

Roll NumberPercentageResult
10.78 
285 
30.66 
4

52

 
5

0.66

 

 

2) Condition:

I want to check the "Percentage" field is in a correct format (for eg. 0.23, 0.25, 0.66, etc.)

and the result as error or success should be stored in Result column.

 

 

Please suggest me solution.

Thanks

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joshuaburkhow
ACE Emeritus
ACE Emeritus

Hi @vijaylnyadav 

 

There are probably about 100 ways to do this but I would say one would be to check if the number is > 1 and < 0 using the formula tool. 

Joshua Burkhow - Alteryx Ace | Global Alteryx Architect @PwC | Blogger @ AlterTricks
marcusblackhill
12 - Quasar
12 - Quasar

Hey @vijaylnyadav !

 

If your percentage can't be higher than 1, can use a simple formula testing that:

IIF(ToNumber([Percentage]) <=1,[Percentage] ,"ERROR")

 

Hope that helps

Emil_Kos
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Hi @vijaylnyadav,

 

Not sure what is the best way to identify if this is a valid percentage. 

I have decided to go with checking if the column contains a dot. If it has it is a percentage. If not the result column will be null.

Emil_Kos_0-1608643617893.png

Please mark my post a solution if this was helpful. 

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