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How to extract columns that contain a prefix e.g. 'Test-'

ed_b
7 - Meteor

Hi,

 

I am new to Alteryx. As indicated in a previous post, unless I am mistaken, it appears to lack some basic functionality. How does one extract columns containing a particular string? I wish to extract only these and sum along the columns axis in order to set as a new field.

 

Ed

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danrh
13 - Pulsar

You should be able to do this using the Dynamic Select tool.  Something more or less like this:

 

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Replace 'Test-' in the Expression with whatever string you're looking for.  In this instance, any field with the term 'Test-' in the field name will be extracted.  To sum up the columns after this, add a Summarize tool and choose sum as your method of aggregation.

ed_b
7 - Meteor

Very kind danrh, this looks like what I was looking for!

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