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Delete Transform

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Transforms are a part of the underlying language, which is not directly accessible to users. This content is maintained for reference purposes only. For more information on the user-accessible equivalent to transforms, see Transformation Reference.

Deletes a set of rows in your dataset, based on a condition specified in the row expression. If the conditional expression is true, then the row is deleted.

The delete transform is the opposite of the keep transform. See Keep Transform.

Basic Usage

delete row:(dateAge >= 90)

Output: For each row in the dataset, if the value in the dateAge column is greater than or equal to 90, the row is deleted.

Syntax and Parameters

delete row:(expression)

Token

Required?

Data Type

Description

delete

Y

transform

Name of the transform

row

Y

string

Expression identifying the row or rows to delete. If expression evaluates to true for a row, the row is removed.

For more information on syntax standards, see Language Documentation Syntax Notes.

row

Expression to identify the row or rows on which to perform the transform. Expression must evaluate to true or false.

Examples:

Expression

Description

Score >= 50

true if the value in the Score column is greater than 50.

LEN(LastName) > 8

true if the length of the value in the LastName column is greater than 8.

ISMISSING([Title])

true if the row value in the Title column is missing.

ISMISMATCHED(Score,['Integer'])

true if the row value in the Score column is mismatched against the Integer data type.

Example:

delete row: (lastContactDate < 01/01/2010 || status == 'Inactive')

Output: Deletes any row in the dataset where the lastContactDate is before January 1, 2010 or the status is Inactive.

Usage Notes:

Required?

Data Type

Yes

Expression that evaluates totrueorfalse

Examples

Suggerimento

For additional examples, see Common Tasks.

Example - Remove old products and keep new orders

This examples illustrates how you can keep and delete rows from your dataset.

Source:

Your dataset includes the following order information. You want to edit your dataset so that:

  • All orders for products that are no longer available are removed. These include the following product IDs: P100, P101, P102, P103.

  • All orders that were placed within the last 90 days are retained.

OrderId

OrderDate

ProdId

ProductName

ProductColor

Qty

OrderValue

1001

6/14/2015

P100

Hat

Brown

1

90

1002

1/15/2016

P101

Hat

Black

2

180

1003

11/11/2015

P103

Sweater

Black

3

255

1004

8/6/2015

P105

Cardigan

Red

4

320

1005

7/29/2015

P103

Sweeter

Black

5

375

1006

12/1/2015

P102

Pants

White

6

420

1007

12/28/2015

P107

T-shirt

White

7

390

1008

1/15/2016

P105

Cardigan

Red

8

420

1009

1/31/2016

P108

Coat

Navy

9

495

Transformation:

First, you remove the orders for old products. Since the set of products is relatively small, you can start first by adding the following:

Nota

Just preview this transformation. Do not add it to your recipe yet.

Transformation Name

Filter rows

Parameter: Condition

Custom formula

Parameter: Type of formula

Custom single

Parameter: Condition

(ProdId == 'P100')

Parameter: Action

Delete matching rows

When this step is previewed, you should notice that the top row in the above table is highlighted for removal. Notice how the transformation relies on the ProdId value. If you look at the ProductName value, you might notice that there is a misspelling in one of the affected rows, so that column is not a good one for comparison purposes.

You can add the other product IDs to the transformation in the following expansion of the transformation, in which any row that has a matching ProdId value is removed:

Transformation Name

Filter rows

Parameter: Condition

Custom formula

Parameter: Type of formula

Custom single

Parameter: Condition

(ProdId == 'P100' || ProdId == 'P101' || ProdId == 'P102' || ProdId == 'P103')

Parameter: Action

Delete matching rows

When the above step is added to your recipe, you should see data that looks like the following:

OrderId

OrderDate

ProdId

ProductName

ProductColor

Qty

OrderValue

1004

8/6/2015

P105

Cardigan

Red

4

320

1007

12/28/2015

P107

T-shirt

White

7

390

1008

1/15/2016

P105

Cardigan

Red

8

420

1009

1/31/2016

P108

Coat

Navy

9

495

Now, you can filter out of the dataset orders that are older than 90 days. First, add a column with today's date:

Transformation Name

New formula

Parameter: Formula type

Single row formula

Parameter: Formula

'2/25/16'

Parameter: New column name

'today'

Keep the rows that are within 90 days of this date using the following:

Transformation Name

Filter rows

Parameter: Condition

Custom formula

Parameter: Type of formula

Custom single

Parameter: Condition

datedif(OrderDate,today,day) <= 90

Parameter: Action

Keep matching rows

Don't forget to delete the today column, which is no longer needed:

Transformation Name

Delete columns

Parameter: Columns

today

Parameter: Action

Delete selected columns

Results:

OrderId

OrderDate

ProdId

ProductName

ProductColor

Qty

OrderValue

1007

12/28/2015

P107

T-shirt

White

7

390

1008

1/15/2016

P105

Cardigan

Red

8

420

1009

1/31/2016

P108

Coat

Navy

9

495