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Check if all mandatory columns are included

faresghnaim
7 - Meteor

Greetings guys,

 

I created a macro to add multiple files from a directory (different schemas) and have them output in different files. I am trying to add a new functionality inside the macro where it checks If these files have the mandatory columns ( a list of columns I have), If it includes all these columns it continues, A list of the missing columns is outputted instead.

 

Does anyone have any idea of what could I do or where could I start?

Any help is appreciated!

 

Thanks guys!

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Thableaus
17 - Castor
17 - Castor

Hi @faresghnaim 

 

I'm not gonna hand you a fully developed solution right now, but just to give you a start, please check the Field Info tool.

 

This tool creates a dataset with your metadata. From that, you can build out the logic to check if the column names and types are ok.

 

Cheers,

faresghnaim
7 - Meteor

Thanks @Thableaus  this was helpful! 

lanningb
7 - Meteor

Hello.

 

I don't see the solution provided?

 

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