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Rows to columns

zalakinc
6 - Meteoroid

Hello, Here is my scenario:

 

I have filtered out my text file so that only 3 types of rows from raw file are filtering out. Lets call them: 

 

GC, MC and total. In my flat file, there are many rows with these 3 starting points. Now I need to convert them into columns called: GC, MC & Total. Currently they are rows in a field I created called Field 1. Can you please advise on how to go about doing that?

 

Thanks

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DataNath
17 - Castor

Hey @zalakinc, you can use the Cross-Tab to go from Rows > Columns. You'll need to choose an aggregation when doing this. If you want to avoid doing so then you'll need to assign a unique ID to each of your sets of rows that you can then group on:

 

Before - row format:

 

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After - Columns created:

 

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To avoid aggregations if you want to keep groups of records split, you can add ID's with an approach like this (in the attached workflow):

 

Before:

 

DataNath_0-1662560532882.png

 

After - split out by ID:

 

DataNath_2-1662560559915.png

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