The following changes have been applied to |
In prior releases, when a Nest transformation was applied to a column to nest values into Arrays or Objects, the resulting column was re-inferred by the . This re-inference should not be necessary, since the target column's data type is effectively declared in the transformation definition.
Beginning in this release, the output column of these Nest transformations is explicitly typed to Array or Object data type, based on the definition of the transformation.
NOTE: Existing uses of the Nest transformation are not immediately affected. However, if these transformations are edited, then the changes may cause unexpected results and breakages in downstream transformations. If the recipe was originally designed expecting a different data type, subsequent steps may have been used to clean up the nested data, assuming that it was String values or some other data type. If the output column is now explicitly typed as Array or Object data type, these steps may be broken. You may be able to fix these broken steps by explicitly typing the output column to String after the Nest transformation and before your subsequent steps. |
For more information, see Nest Your Data.
Beginning in this release, when you create a Split by position transformation, the numeric values indicating the positions do not need to be listed in sorted numeric order.
Tip: You can now do faster iteration since you can add new positions as needed when previewing the transformation. |
For more information, see Split Column.
Beginning in Release 8.5, the NUMFORMAT function supports the following configurable separators for localizing numeric values:
| Option Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Decimal Separator | The string used to separate the integer part of a Decimal value from its fractional part. |
| Grouping Separator | The string used to separate a group of digits. |
For more information, see NUMFORMAT Function.
| Function Name | Description |
|---|---|
| NUMVALUE Function |
Documentation for the following functions is now available.
| Function Name | Description |
|---|---|
| FINDNTH Function | |
| PARSESTRING Function | |
| PARSEARRAY Function | |
| PARSEOBJECT Function |
None.
None.
| Function Name | Description |
|---|---|
| EOMONTH Function |
Beginning in Release 7.9, select All columns option has been added in the Transform Builder.
| Option Name | Description |
|---|---|
| All | Selects all columns in the dataset |
Example:
The following is the list of the transformations that accept the All option for selecting columns:
Date format
Delete columns
Move columns
Rename column
Replace
Replace text or patterns
Replace cells
Replace text between delimiters
Replace by position
Replace mismatched values
Replace missing values
Edit with formula
Change column type
Text format
Unpivot columns
For more information, see Transform Builder.
Beginning in Release 7.8, the Rename transform supports the following new options:
| Option Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Convert to lowercase | Converts existing column names to lowercase |
| Convert to UPPERCASE | Converts existing column names to uppercase |
| Keep from beginning (left) | Specifies the number of characters to keep from the beginning of column names |
| Keep from end (right) | Specifies the number of characters to keep from the end of column names |
For more information on rename columns, see Rename Columns.
Approximation statistical functions:
Tip: Approximation functions are suitable for larger datasets. As the number of rows increases, accuracy and calculation performance improves for these functions. |
| Function Name | Description |
|---|---|
| APPROXIMATEMEDIAN Function | |
| APPROXIMATEPERCENTILE Function | |
| APPROXIMATEQUARTILE Function |
base64 encoding functions:
| Function Name | Description |
|---|---|
| BASE64ENCODE Function | |
| BASE64DECODE Function |
Release 7.4
| Function Name | Description |
|---|---|
| WEEKDAYNAME Function |