By the end of this chapter you will be able to:

In this exercise, you will merge the two sets of data you just loaded into PhixFlow: the data from the file, and the data from the database.

Create a merge table

1. In the model toolbar, drag the 

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     onto your model.
2. In the settings, set Name: Customer All Details.
3. Click

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    to save and close the settings for the Customer All Details merge

1. table.
2. In the model, hover your mouse pointer over the 

1. Customer Addresses table.
2. In the

1. popup toolbar, select 

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   , then click the end of the arrow onto the

1. table Customer All Details. This connector will pipe data into the table.
2. Similarly, add a

1. connector from the

1. table SOURCE_CUSTOMER_PHONE_NUMBERS to Customer All Details.

Configure groupings on the pipes

1. Double-click on the pipe from

1. Customer Addresses  to Customer All Details to open

1. its settings.
   1. In the Basic Settings section, set:
      • Name: this pipe is automatically named in.

   2. In the Sort/Group section

1. 1. click 

      ...

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      . PhixFlow displays the list of attributes (columns).

   2. Drag CustomerRef from the list into the settings.
   3. Close the list of attributes.
2. Double-click on the

1. pipe from CustomerAddresses

1.  to SOURCE_CUSTOMER_PHONE_NUMBERS

1. . This pipe will be called in_2.

   1. In the Sort/Group section,

1. 1. click 

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      . PhixFlow displays a list of the attributes (columns) in the Customer Addresses  data.

   2. Drag CUSTOMER_REF into the Sort/Group section.
   3. Close the list of attributes.
2. Now add attributes from Customer Addresses to the merge

1. table:

1. 1. Hover over Customer Addresses and in the popup toolbar, click 

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      .

   2. Drag all attributes from this list

1. 1. and drop them onto the table icon for Customer All Details

1. 1. .

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   2. PhixFlow asks for confirmation. If it is not already selected, select Use original attribute name. Then click Confirm.
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2. Similarly, drag all attributes from SOURCE_CUSTOMER_PHONE_NUMBERS to Customer All Details.
3. To see the resulting

1. settings for Customer All Details, double-click

1. its icon to open the settings tab and look at the Attributes section. You can see a list of 8 attributes (data columns).

Run analysis and view the table data

1. To run analysis on your new table, hover your mouse pointer over the table Customer All Details, and in the popup toolbar, click 

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   .
2. To view the data you just loaded

1. , hover over the

1. table and click 

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   . In the drop-down list,

1.  select

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   . You will see the address data you loaded from the file combined with the phone numbers you loaded from the database.