# General

![Group By dialog](/files/gWyCRTDuVvTFfrYCda9E)

Enter the information in the options as shown in the following table:

| Option                                     | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| ------------------------------------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Step name**                              | Specifies the unique name of the Group By step on the canvas. You can customize the name or leave it as the default.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| **Include all rows?**                      | <p>Select this check box if you want to include all rows in the output. Clear this check box if you only want to output the aggregate rows.</p><p>The following options are not available unless the <strong>Include all rows</strong> option is selected:</p><ul><li><strong>Temporary files directory</strong></li><li><strong>TMP-file prefix</strong></li><li><strong>Add line number, restart in each group</strong></li><li><strong>Line number field name</strong></li></ul> |
| **Temporary files directory**              | Specify the directory where the temporary files are stored. The default is the standard temporary directory for the system. You must specify a directory when the **Include all rows** option is selected and the number of grouped rows exceeds 5000 rows.                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| **TMP-file prefix**                        | Specifies the file prefix for naming temporary files.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| **Add line number, restart in each group** | Adds a line number that restarts at 1 in each group. When both **Include all rows** and this option are selected, all rows are included in the output with a line number for each row.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| **Line number field name**                 | Specifies the name of the field where you want to add line numbers for each new group.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| **Always give back a result row**          | Select this check box to return a result row, even when there is no input row. When there are no input rows, this option returns a count of zero (`0`). Clear this check box if you only want to output a result row when there is an input row.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |


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