Unions and appends

Data Manipulation in Alteryx

Behrang Behjoo

Business Intelligence (BI) Leader

Introduction to Data Manipulation in Alteryx

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  • Data integration

    • Combining datasets
  • Data enrichment

    • Adding information
  • Data cleaning

    • Ensuring accuracy

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Data Manipulation in Alteryx

Data Manipulation in Alteryx

Unions and Appends logos

Data Manipulation in Alteryx

Data Manipulation in Alteryx

Unions, Appends and Join logos

Data Manipulation in Alteryx

Data Manipulation in Alteryx

Unions, Appends, Join, Formula, Text to columns logos

Data Manipulation in Alteryx

Data Manipulation in Alteryx

Unions, Appends, Join, Formula, Text to columns, optimization logos

Data Manipulation in Alteryx

Unions and Appends

Unions and appends are fundamental tools for data integration, allowing the combination of tables and the addition of new rows to existing tables

Example use-cases:

  • Combining information from different sources:

    • e.g. Combining sales data from two different geographic regions
  • Adding information to an already existing dataset:

    • e.g. Enriching a product dataset by incorporating additional information
Data Manipulation in Alteryx

Unions and Appends

Unions - Adding data vertically

Union schematic pre to post

Appends - Adding data horizontally

Append schematic pre to post

Data Manipulation in Alteryx

Unions are like stacking books

Two separate stacks for books

Two separate book stacks

One unified stack of books

One unified book stack

Data Manipulation in Alteryx

Mechanics of a union

Two distinct tables Two separate tables

Data Manipulation in Alteryx

Mechanics of a union

One unified table One unified table

Data Manipulation in Alteryx

Mechanics of a union

One unified table One large unified table

Data Manipulation in Alteryx

Appends are like adding chapters

Two separate books. One containing the first two chapters, one containing the third

Two books with different chapters

One complete book which now contains all three chapters of the book

One large book with all chapters

Data Manipulation in Alteryx

Mechanics of an append

Two distinct tables Two separate tables

Data Manipulation in Alteryx

Mechanics of an append

One appended table One appended table

Data Manipulation in Alteryx

Introducing Velocity Inc.

Velocity Inc. logo

Data Manipulation in Alteryx

Introducing Velocity Inc.

Entity Relationship (ER) Diagram

Velocity Inc. ER Diagram

Data Manipulation in Alteryx

Let's practice!

Data Manipulation in Alteryx

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