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Append to the same table

rjkuppeveld
5 - Atom

Hi,

 

In SQL you can create a table and a loop and in the loop you add everytime a record to the same table

 

create table table_A

(  ID.    Integer,

   Desc varchar

)

 

declare @loop int

 

set @loop = 1

 

while @loop < 10 

BEGIN

      Insert into table_A

      Values(@loop, ‘some text’)

      Set @loop = @loop + 1

END

 

How can I do this in Alteryx?

 

I played with the iteration Marco, but I can't find the option to append to the same table

 

Any idea how to do this?

 

thanks

 

RJ

 

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jdunkerley79
ACE Emeritus
ACE Emeritus

You can do this with an iterative macro:

2018-12-18_17-49-25.png

 

Basically:

- Build an initial row

- Then in the iterative macro, you build a new row. The Engine.IterationNumber will work as a Loop variable

- You then union the input to the new row (which must match exactly)

- You can use a filter to decide if to loop or not based on value of IterationNumber

 

Quick sample attached

 

rjkuppeveld
5 - Atom

Thank you very much for this.

 

best regards,

 

RJ

 

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