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Union Tool - How to stack data by column, instead of row

HSCUBS
5 - Atom

I need to combine multiple Excel files. All of them have the same format. The rows contain survey questions. Same survey questions in all files. The column contains entity name. When I use the Union tool, it stacks the data in rows, ie. data rows for File A is followed by data rows of File B. So the survey questions are repeated many times  But I want the data to be stacked in column by entity name. Please see the attached sample file. Please help to see if you could kindly give me a solution.

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caltang
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Use the Join tool like so:

 

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Calvin Tang
Alteryx ACE
https://www.linkedin.com/in/calvintangkw/
caltang
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

I suggest also to add some RowIDs to your questions so it's easier to join them as a primary key than the full question itself. Sometimes the questions can be phrased slightly differently or a spelling error or some inconsistent whitespace exists. 

 

Hope this helps @HSCUBS - if it does, kindly leave a like and mark my reply as the accepted solution so that others may benefit as well + to close the thread accordingly.

Calvin Tang
Alteryx ACE
https://www.linkedin.com/in/calvintangkw/
HSCUBS
5 - Atom

Thanks for your prompt reply. As I have more than 2 files, I have copied your workflow and used Multiple Join. Thanks again. 

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