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Workflow Data Preparation Tools

Workflow Data Preparation Tools support sampling, cleansing, and filtering of your data in Designer Cloud.

Workflow Data Preparation Tools

Item

Description

Data Cleansing Tool

Use Data Cleansing to fix common data quality issues. You can replace null values, remove punctuation, modify capitalization, and more.

Filter Tool

Use Filter to select data using a condition.

Formula Tool

Use Formula to create new columns, update columns, and use 1 or more expressions to perform a variety of calculations and operations.

Multi-Column Formula Tool

Use Multi-Column Formula to create or update multiple columns using a single expression.

Random % Sample Tool

Use Random % Sample to return an expected number of rows that result in a random sample of the incoming data stream.

Row ID Tool

Use Row ID to create a new column in the data and assign a unique identifier, which increments sequentially for each row in the data.

Sample Tool

Use Sample to limit the data stream to a specified number, percentage, or random set of rows. In addition, the Sample tool applies the selected configuration to the columns you want to group by.

Select Tool

Use Select to include, exclude, and reorder the columns of data that pass through your workflow.

Select Rows Tool

Use Select Rows to return rows and ranges of rows that are specified, including discontinuous ranges of rows. This tool is useful for troubleshooting and sampling.

Sort Tool

Use Sort to arrange the rows in a table in alphanumeric order based on the values of the specified data fields.

Tile Tool

Use Tile to assign a value (tile) based on ranges in the data. The tool does this based on the user specifying 1 of 3 methods.

Unique Tool

Use Unique to distinguish whether a row is unique or a duplicate by grouping on one or more specified columns, then sorting on those columns.