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Null to Empty

erin_kotch
5 - Atom

I have a numeric field created by a formula.  For many records, that formula results in a NULL. Ultimately in my CSV output, I want those NULLs to be EMPTY.  I can use Impute to convert NULL to zeros, but not seeing how to convert them to EMPTY.

 

Thank you for suggestions!

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MarqueeCrew
20 - Arcturus
20 - Arcturus

How about a formula:

 

IIF(ISNULL([My_Field]),'',[My_Field])

 

That's what I'd use.

 

 

P.S.  Then the field will need to be a STRING, but that won't be an issue if you are outputting to CSV.  You'd need a SELECT before the formula to change the type.

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erin_kotch
5 - Atom

I wish that worked!  The browse shows EMPTY but the CSV output is zeros.

 

BTW - the P.S. to your post did teach me something, so even though it didn't work here, you definitely helped me on something down the road!  Thanks!

 


@MarqueeCrew wrote:

How about a formula:

 

IIF(ISNULL([My_Field]),'',[My_Field])

 

That's what I'd use.

 

 

P.S.  Then the field will need to be a STRING, but that won't be an issue if you are outputting to CSV.  You'd need a SELECT before the formula to change the type.


 

MarqueeCrew
20 - Arcturus
20 - Arcturus

Erin,

 

Have fun at the Alteryx User's Group meeting today!

 

The final soltuion was very close...

 

IIF(ISNULL([My_Field]) || [My_Field] == '0','',[My_Field])

 

:) Mark

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ssjl
8 - Asteroid

Forgive me for posting to an older thread; if running version 10.6 or later use the Data Cleansing tool (Preparation).

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