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Suggestions on how to append a "count number" automatically?

Cathy_L
7 - Meteor

Use case: I needed to append a count number to systematically generated rows after bursting/producing multiple lines from one row.

 

To provide more context, here is an example of the requirement:

I have a list of shows and I need to break out the list of shows to a lower level of detail, i.e. by episodes. However, from the original text, I need to add Episode count at the end of each show name.

 

INPUT DATA:

Show Name                                 # of Episodes

Stranger Things: Season 1           8

Stranger Things: Season 2           9

 

OUTPUT DATA:

Show Name

Stranger Things: Season 1, Episode 1

Stranger Things: Season 1, Episode 2

Stranger Things: Season 1, Episode 3

Stranger Things: Season 1, Episode 4

Stranger Things: Season 1, Episode 5

Stranger Things: Season 1, Episode 6

Stranger Things: Season 1, Episode 7

Stranger Things: Season 1, Episode 8

Stranger Things: Season 2, Episode 1

Stranger Things: Season 2, Episode 2

Stranger Things: Season 2, Episode 3

Stranger Things: Season 2, Episode 4

Stranger Things: Season 2, Episode 5

Stranger Things: Season 2, Episode 6

Stranger Things: Season 2, Episode 7

Stranger Things: Season 2, Episode 8

Stranger Things: Season 2, Episode 9

 

I previously asked for advice/help on how to "burst" each row from my input data into lower level of detail by using a variable, in my example above, the episode count, and was helped here: 

https://community.alteryx.com/t5/Alteryx-Designer-Discussions/How-to-burst-produce-multiple-lines-of...

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Qiu
21 - Polaris
21 - Polaris

@Cathy_L 
We can use the Generate Rows tool to first generate the required rows based "# of Episodes" then use Formula tool to do the string manipulation.

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Cathy_L
7 - Meteor

This is awesome! Many, many thanks, Qiu!

Qiu
21 - Polaris
21 - Polaris

@Cathy_L 
Glad can be helpful. 😁

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