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There are two files containing updates from the two sources (Customer Care, and Shop).
Customer Care updates
A file containing details of customer care updated can be found in the input files, at:
…\inputData\ChannelPackages\CustomerCareUpdates\CustomerCareUpdates.txt
Shop updates
A file containing details of shop updates can be found in the input files, at:
…\inputData\ChannelPackages\ShopUpdates\ShopUpdates.txt

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Load file data into

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PhixFlow

• Add a File Collector to your model
• Call this: Customer Care Updates
• Navigate to the directory …\train\inputData\ChannelPackages\CustomerCareUpdates
• Select the file CustomerCareUpdates.txt – and complete the automatic File Collector and Stream configuration
• Add another File Collector to your model
• Call this: Shop Updates
• Navigate to the directory …\inputData\ChannelPackages\ShopUpdates
• Select the file ShopUpdates.txt – and complete the automatic File Collector and Stream configuration
• Run both Streams and check that data is loaded into each one from the files

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• Create a new Stream in your model:
• Hover over CustomerCareUpdates and press  - Add a new Stream
• Call the new Stream Combined Updates
• Drag all attributes from CustomerCareUpdates to Combined Updates
• Remember to save your model layout
• Add a pipe from the other Stream:
  • Hover over ShopUpdates and press - Add a new Connector
  • Click on Combined Updates to link the pipe to the output Stream
  • Give this pipe the Name: in2
• To complete configuration of Combined Updates:
  • Double-click on Combined Updates to open the configuration form
  • To make the union work, you need to update the Expression for each Attribute: you must remove the reference to the input pipe that

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• • PhixFlow has automatically added to the start of each Expression, e.g.:
    • Update the expression

in.CustomerRef

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CustomerRef

• Press  in the main Stream configuration form
• Run Analysis on Combined Updates
• Check that you have the correct number of records in this Stream when the Analysis is complete
• Check the data set you generated – make sure that every field in every output record has been populated

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• Update the name of the pipe from the Stream CustomerCareUpdates:
  • Double-click on the pipe to open the configuration details
  • Update the Name to: CC
  • Press  to save your changes
• Update the name of the pipe from ShopUpdates to: shop
• Double-click the Stream Combined Updates to open the configuration form
  • Add a new Attribute with Name: Source
  • Set the Expression of Source to:

if (_pipeName == "CC",

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 "Customer Care"

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 "Shop"

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• Make Source the first Attribute in the Stream: drag it to the top of the Attributes list
• Press  in the main Stream configuration form
• Run analysis on Combined Updates
• Check the output data set and make sure that the source has been recorded on each record correctly