At the top of the data grid and the column browser, the Transformer toolbar provides quick access to common transformations. When a tool is selected from one of the drop-downs in the toolbar, a new step is inserted into the current location in your recipe with some parameters pre-specified for you. You can then finish specifying the parameters of the transformation in the Transform Builder.

Transformer Toolbar

Grid/Columns

Use these buttons to toggle between the data grid and column browser views of the Transformer page.

• See Data Grid Panel.
• See Column Browser Panel.

Undo/Redo

Undo or redo previous actions.

Replace

Replace cell values based on data type validation, string literals, or patterns. See Replace Values.

Extract

Extract string or numeric values using data validation, literal matches, or patterns.  See Extract Values.

Count Matches

Count the number of matching literals or patterns in a column.

Split Column

Split a single column into multiple columns based on a common delimiter or a pattern-based expression.

Merge Columns

Merge two or more columns together.

Format

Format String and Datetime values using a variety of functions.

Group by

Compute aggregation functions for values grouped by columns. Output is new table or one or more columns in the current dataset. For more information, see Create Aggregations.

Pivot

Generate a pivot table of your data based on specified row and column labels. See Pivot Data.

Unpivot

Collapse columns into row data.

Convert values to columns

Reshape your data by converting unique values into columns or columns into rows.

Objects and Arrays

Use these tools to manipulate your dataset based on columns of Object or Array type.

Filter Rows

Remove or keep rows of data based on data type validation, conditionals, source row numbers, or other factors.  

• See Remove Data.
• See Deduplicate Data.

Functions

Generate a new column of data based on a specified function.

For a list of available functions, see Language Index.

Conditions

Use if/then/else or case logic to apply conditionals to your dataset.

See Apply Conditional Transformations.

Join

Join the current dataset with another dataset using a pair of matching keys.

See Join Panel.

Union

Add the rows of data from one or more datasets to your current dataset.

See Union Page.

Comment

Insert a comment in your recipe at the current step. Comments do not perform any modification to the data. 

See Add Comments to Your Recipe.

Target

Attach a target schema to the current recipe or remove it. If a target is attached, you can attempt to auto-match all source and target columns.

• For more information on these options, see Column Browser Panel.
• For more information, see Overview of Target Matching.

Select

Select all or no columns, or invert the currently selected columns. See Column Browser Panel.

Find Column

Locate a column in your dataset by typing in the textbox. For more information, see Data Grid Panel.

Filters

Filter the displayed rows and columns based on selection or condition. 

See Filter Data.