Added by Matt Casters, last edited by Maxim Varfolomeyev on Jul 04, 2010  (view change)

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Description

The Flattener step allows you flatten data sequentially.

Options

Option Description
Step name Name of the step; this name has to be unique in a single transformation
The field to flatten The field that must be flattened into different target fields
Target fields The name of the target field to which the field is flattened

Example

In the sample below, if you begin with the following data set...

Field1 Field2 Field3 Flatten
A B C One
A B C Two
D E F Three
D E F Four

The data set can be flattened to the example shown below:

Field1 Field2 Field3 Target1 Target2
A B C One Two
D E F Three Four

Below is the dialog entries used to flatten the fields: