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remove columns where all rows have the same value

DSH
5 - Atom

Dear Alteryx exprerts, 

 

I have the following table: 

 

IDparameter_1parameter_2parameter_3
#1254
#2284
#3274

 

My goals is to remove all the columns that have identical values for all rows (in this example, only "ID" and "parameter_2" will remain). Number of rows is dynamic (from 2 to 100s). 

I will be grateful for all suggestions, 

Thanks! 

 

 

 

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Felipe_Ribeir0
16 - Nebula

Hi @DSH 

 

One way of doing this:

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OllieClarke
15 - Aurora
15 - Aurora

Just a small amendment to @Felipe_Ribeir0's solution:

The Field Summary tool will output the contents of a browse tool as data. You can filter to where

[Name]='Uniques'
AND
[Value]='1'

This will just show the fields which have only 1 value. The process thenceforth is identical.
The field summary tool is more performant than using the transpose/summarize combo though so if you have larger datasets, it can be twice as fast (based on some testing I just did)

 

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Hope that helps,

 

Ollie

DSH
5 - Atom

Hi @Felipe_Ribeir0 , @OllieClarke 

thank you very much for your help - this works perfectly! 

 

 

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