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4 Merging Sets of Data
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 stream
- In the model toolbar, drag the Merge Stream onto your model.
- In the settings, set Name:
Customer All Details
. - Click OK to save and close the settings for the
Customer All Details
merge stream. - In the model, hover your mouse pointer over the
CustomerAddresses
stream. - In the pop-up toolbar, select Connector, then click the end of the arrow onto the stream
Customer All Details
. This connector will pipe data into the stream. - Similarly, add a connector from the stream
SOURCE_CUSTOMER_PHONE_NUMBERS
toCustomer All Details
.
Configure groupings on the pipes
- Double-click on the pipe from
CustomerAddresses
toCustomer All Details
to open its settings.- In the Basic Settings section, set:
- Name: this pipe is automatically named
in
.
- Name: this pipe is automatically named
In the Sort/Group section click Show Attributes. PhixFlow displays the list of attributes (columns).
- Drag
CustomerRef
from the list into the settings. - Close the list of attributes.
- In the Basic Settings section, set:
- Double-click on the pipe from
CustomerAddresses
to
, this will be calledSOURCE_CUSTOMER_PHONE_NUMBERS
in_2
In the Sort/Group section, click Show Attributes. PhixFlow displays a list of the attributes (columns) in the
CustomerAddresses
data.- Drag
CUSTOMER_REF
into the Sort/Group section. - Close the list of attributes.
- Now add attributes from
CustomerAddresses
to the merge stream:- Hover over
CustomerAddresses
and in the pop-up toolbar, click Show Attributes. Drag all attributes from this list and drop them onto the stream icon for
Customer All Details
.How to select all the attributes in a list
To select all attributes, you can:
- either click the first attribute then Shift+click the last attribute
- or click the check box next to the Name header.
- PhixFlow asks for confirmation. If it is not already selected, select Use original attribute name. Then click the arrow to confirm.
- Hover over
- Similarly, drag all attributes from
toSOURCE_CUSTOMER_PHONE_NUMBERS
Customer All Details.
- To see the resulting settings for
Customer All Details
, double-click 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 stream data
- To run analysis on your new stream, hover your mouse pointer over the stream
Customer All Details
, and in the pop-up toolbar, click Run Analysis. - To view the data you just loaded, hover over the stream and click Stream Views. In the drop-down list, select Default View. You will see the address data you loaded from the file combined with the phone numbers you loaded from the database.
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