Summary

Finds an identifier in one or more columns. The different instances (= values) of a column and/or several columns are displayed.

Configuration

Input settings of existing table

Name

Value

Opt.

Description

Example

Identifier

System.Object

-

Which columns should be evaluated for the identifier?

-

Settings

Name

Value

Opt.

Description

Example

Case-sensitive?

System.Boolean

opt.

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

-

Additional column for data record definitions

System.Boolean

opt.

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

-

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?

-

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Examples

Example: Using "Identifier instances"

Situation

The following data node contains information on employee, customer and sales figures in different locations (column F).

We want to count how many locations there are, and how many times each employee count exists in the data.

Settings

Add the operator "Identifier instances" to the data node. Choose which column you would like to count
(in this case, the Identifier in column F), and if you would like the results to be sorted.

Result

Identifier = F results in the following data node:

Identifier = C results in the following data node:

Identifier = C, F results in the following data node (combinations):


Troubleshooting

Please make sure if "case sensitive" should be checked or not, especially when using this operation in combination with others (e.g., Merge data 5.0).


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