Merge of multiple data tables with overlapping attributes

StefanRei

Hello everyone,

i've got multiple .csv-files containing one row of data. The Attributes are overlapping but not fully equal.
I would like to have a data table with all possibles Attributes containing all rows and NAs for the missing values.

Do you've got any suggestions?
Thanks!

varunm1

Hello @StefanRei

You can use, loop files and connect it to append (Superset). That will do what you need and will show missing values. Sample code below.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><process version="9.3.001">
  <context>
    <input/>
    <output/>
    <macros/>
  </context>
  <operator activated="true" class="process" compatibility="9.3.001" expanded="true" name="Process">
    <parameter key="logverbosity" value="init"/>
    <parameter key="random_seed" value="2001"/>
    <parameter key="send_mail" value="never"/>
    <parameter key="notification_email" value=""/>
    <parameter key="process_duration_for_mail" value="30"/>
    <parameter key="encoding" value="SYSTEM"/>
    <process expanded="true">
      <operator activated="true" class="concurrency:loop_files" compatibility="9.3.001" expanded="true" height="82" name="Loop Files" width="90" x="179" y="136">
        <parameter key="directory" value="F:\RM\Union"/>
        <parameter key="filter_type" value="glob"/>
        <parameter key="recursive" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="enable_macros" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="macro_for_file_name" value="file_name"/>
        <parameter key="macro_for_file_type" value="file_type"/>
        <parameter key="macro_for_folder_name" value="folder_name"/>
        <parameter key="reuse_results" value="false"/>
        <parameter key="enable_parallel_execution" value="true"/>
        <process expanded="true">
          <operator activated="true" class="read_csv" compatibility="9.3.001" expanded="true" height="68" name="Read CSV" width="90" x="380" y="34">
            <parameter key="column_separators" value=","/>
            <parameter key="trim_lines" value="false"/>
            <parameter key="use_quotes" value="true"/>
            <parameter key="quotes_character" value="&quot;"/>
            <parameter key="escape_character" value="\"/>
            <parameter key="skip_comments" value="false"/>
            <parameter key="comment_characters" value="#"/>
            <parameter key="starting_row" value="1"/>
            <parameter key="parse_numbers" value="true"/>
            <parameter key="decimal_character" value="."/>
            <parameter key="grouped_digits" value="false"/>
            <parameter key="grouping_character" value=","/>
            <parameter key="infinity_representation" value=""/>
            <parameter key="date_format" value=""/>
            <parameter key="first_row_as_names" value="true"/>
            <list key="annotations"/>
            <parameter key="time_zone" value="SYSTEM"/>
            <parameter key="locale" value="English (United States)"/>
            <parameter key="encoding" value="SYSTEM"/>
            <parameter key="read_all_values_as_polynominal" value="false"/>
            <list key="data_set_meta_data_information"/>
            <parameter key="read_not_matching_values_as_missings" value="true"/>
            <parameter key="datamanagement" value="double_array"/>
            <parameter key="data_management" value="auto"/>
          </operator>
          <connect from_port="file object" to_op="Read CSV" to_port="file"/>
          <connect from_op="Read CSV" from_port="output" to_port="output 1"/>
          <portSpacing port="source_file object" spacing="0"/>
          <portSpacing port="source_input 1" spacing="0"/>
          <portSpacing port="sink_output 1" spacing="0"/>
          <portSpacing port="sink_output 2" spacing="0"/>
        </process>
      </operator>
      <operator activated="true" class="operator_toolbox:advanced_append" compatibility="2.0.001" expanded="true" height="82" name="Append (Superset)" width="90" x="447" y="136"/>
      <connect from_op="Loop Files" from_port="output 1" to_op="Append (Superset)" to_port="example set 1"/>
      <connect from_op="Append (Superset)" from_port="merged set" to_port="result 1"/>
      <portSpacing port="source_input 1" spacing="0"/>
      <portSpacing port="sink_result 1" spacing="0"/>
      <portSpacing port="sink_result 2" spacing="0"/>
    </process>
  </operator>
</process>

Hope this helps.

StefanRei

Thank you very much, works totally fine!