NEED HELP with LOOP in ADDING(SUM) of MULTIPLE COLUMNS.

[iamviraj13]

Hi All,

I am new to using a LOOP in Alteryx and would need help in the below example.

I want to add columns A and B. But only want either 0 or 1 in the output and it should keep adding if the count is greater than 1 into the next column (Sum_1, Sum_2, Sum_3).

IS THIS POSSIBLE TO DO?

This is just an example and I have a file with 10k records. Any thoughts or help would be appreciated. Thank You.

[Qiu]

@iamviraj13 

Can you elaborate your logic? I am sorry but failed to understanda it.

For examle,

what is the definition of 'Counter'?

What is the definition of "Sum_1, Sum_2, Sum_3"?

[iamviraj13]

Hi @Qiu ,

So Column A and Column B are inputs.

Sum_1, Sum_2,Sum_3.......... are outputs

I need to add A and B. But if their sum is greater than 1 then I want the additional into next columns.

So if A+B = 3 then the output should be 1 , 1 , 1 as I only want 0 or 1 in Output column.
If A+B = 0 then it should be 0
If A+B = 2 then it should be 1 , 1.

Let me know if this is clear for you or if this is possible.

[apathetichell]

Just a quick clarification - you want the number of columns equal to the sum of a+b such that every column only has a 1 or a zero

and therefore if one A+B was equal to 7, you'd have 7 columns with 1+1+1+1+1+1+1 in each column and 0's added to any other records where there weren't 7 columns?

A+B = 4  1 1 1 1

A+B= 3   1 1 1 0

A+B=2    1 1 0 0

If I'm reading that correctly the next issue is do you want the zero columns to be on the right or on the left of the 1s?

[iamviraj13]

@apathetichell Yes this is what I am looking for. 

And the order should be in the form of the input itself

like 3: 1, 1, 1, 0
      1: 1, 0, 0, 0
      0: 0, 0, 0

[Qiu · Accepted solution]

@iamviraj13 
Thank you for the detailed information.
I think below should help and I tried to be more dynamic.

[apathetichell · Accepted solution]

Slightly different take - note - got some weird results from generate rows so swapped to filter out the zero.

[danilang · Accepted solution]

Hi @iamviraj13 

Here's a different technique.

The summarize tool get the largest number in the input.  This is used to generate rows from to Max for each input.  The formula tool sets the value to 1 or 0, based on the column number and sets the column name.  After removing the Sum_0 values, the values are cross tabbed to final version

Dan