Remove the last Row while processing

[aysha6029]

Hi Friends,

I am having the below scenario. The Last record needs to be removed since that is a Summarized of the Value field. I need to load the data into the database where all the fields are being declared as Key Fields and Nulls are not allowed. Please help me to solve this issue.

S.No	Name	Value	Country
1	Mike	200	USA
2	Jason	300	USA
		500

[anthony · Accepted solution]

1. add record id
2. sort desending on record id field
3. use "2-" in select record tool

Sort ascending and remove record ID.

Or just fliter out nulls/is empty from column 1.

[rahuls · Accepted solution]

1. Use a Filter Tool and in its configuration select basic filter where Name Is Not Empty.

2. If you already know the number of records in your data, you can use Sample Tool as well.

[MarqueeCrew]

To remove the last row, use the sample tool and skip the last 1 record. 

http://help.alteryx.com/10.6/index.htm#Sample.htm?Highlight=Sample

[Paul1]

Hi MarqueCrew, 

I actually have the asme issue but cannot use a record Id because the record changes every mth. Your suggestion re the sample tool would be great but I cannot see anywhere in the tool where you can skip the "Last" number of records. Am i missing something? Tks

[AdamR_AYX]

Correct the sample tool is missing a Skip Last option.

The CReW macro pack (http://www.chaosreignswithin.com/p/macros.html) has a Skip Last N macro

[Paul1]

Thanks Adam, works perfectly - Cheers

[SrinivasAnupoju]

Thanks Adam, your macro pack perfectly worked for my case. 

I have a question, do you have any macro for parent child relationship where i can find the level of the parent and child and order them (I am currently doing it SQL with CTEs but not successful for the rest of the 50% of my case) I am need of a recursive organic macro for parent and child relationships. 

Any leads are highly appreciated. 

Thanks again. 

BR-Srini

[mohinder_singh]

Hi 

Can you show us how to do that?

According to manual you can skip starting records

[jackchoy]

This seems like a useful feature to bundle in, since files with trailer records are a pretty common concept.  Is there any possibility of building this into the standard Sample tool, instead of as a macro?