Transforming Data

How to Standardize your Data

Identify similar values using one of the available algorithms for comparing values -based on spelling or language-independent pronunciation.

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How to create and use Macros

Create reusable macros from sequences of steps in your recipe

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How to Union data

Append data from one or more datasets to an existing dataset

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Transformer UI Overview

Understand the Transformer View- menus, transform options, suggestions pane and visual data profiling information presented

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How to remove identical records from your dataset

Remove duplicate records from your dataset

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How to swap your data source

Replace or Switch datasets in your flow

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How to use the Pattern Profiler

See the most common patterns and anomalous patterns of data in a column

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How to use row values as Column Headers

Rename column headers by using values in row(s)

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How to Find & Replace patterns in a column

Perform Pattern-based replacements for missing, mismatched, or wrong data using REPLACE Transform

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How to re-arrange, replace or drop columns using Select Transform

Create a table with selected columns in order

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How to Create a new formula-driven column

Create a new column from the result of a formula

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How to view Column Details

Review additional details about a Column - Profiling information, Statistics and Patterns

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How to Reorder Columns in your dataset

Change the order of columns - Move column(s) before or after another column

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How to change the format of numeric values

Format your numeric columns using NUMFORMAT transform

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How to Edit an existing column

Edit a column with formula

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How to change a column data type

Changing the data types of each column

Written by Connor Carreras
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How to join data

Combine two datasets based on a common key

Written by Connor Carreras
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How to Change the format of Text values

Format text values - Convert, Trim, Pad, Clean-up and more...

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How to Rename a Column

Change the name of your columns

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How to filter your data

Remove records from your dataset based on a condition

Written by Connor Carreras
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Combine Datasets

In Trifacta you can merge data together with Joins and Unions. We will describe both features and how to use them on your own data.

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How to Reduce Sample size in Transformer grid

Change the sample size on a flow/recipe basis to improve UI performance in low memory conditions.

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Sample Jobs Page

How to track the status of your sampling jobs and cancel jobs if needed

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What is sampling and how does it work?

Trifacta allows you to quickly start working with your dataset by taking a quick sample, but sometimes you may need a little more.

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When should I resample my dataset?

New samples can be generated to get more accurately representative distributions of a dataset's values.

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Generating a new sample

When a recipe is created an initial sample is automatically generated at the same time. If needed, you can generate a new one.

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Managing samples in complex flows

As your flows grow more complex, you should be aware of how to manage the sampling of your data.

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