Summary

Depending on the defined options, this operator deletes certain duplicated data records in the input table.

Configuration

Input settings of existing table

Name

Value

Opt.

Description

Example

Columns to be checked

System.Object

-

Which columns should be checked for identical values? Enter the required column identifiers, e.g.: A,C-H,K

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Settings

Name

Value

Opt.

Description

Example

Case-sensitive?

System.Boolean

opt.

When checking for sameness, should upper and lower case letters be considered?

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Action

System.String

  • With identical rows, delete all but the last
  • With identical rows, delete all but the first
  • For identical lines - delete last line
  • For identical lines - delete first line
  • Only identical rows - delete all but the last
  • Only identical rows - delete all but the first
  • Keep all duplicate records

-

What should be deleted if rows in the selected columns have identical values?

-

Show number of records per identifier

System.Boolean

opt.

Should an additional column showing the number of duplicate data records be output?

-

Name of the result column

System.String

opt.

Input of the name of the result column.

-

Sort result according to the number of data records?

System.String

  • No sorting
  • Sort ascending
  • Sort descending

opt.

Should the result be sorted by the number of identical data records?

-

Data already sorted?

System.Boolean

opt.

If "data already sorted" is not selected, then sorting takes place after the identification columns.

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Examples

Example: Delete duplicate initials

Situation

This example shows you how to delete all duplicate initials except the first one.

Settings

Result

Project-File

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Example: Delete duplicate initials

Situation

This example shows you how to delete all rows except for those where there are duplicate initials.

Settings

Result

Project-File

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Troubleshooting

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