Row Flattener

The Row Flattener step flattens sequential rows into columns.

Use this step when your source data is organized in consecutive rows where each row represents an attribute, and you want to turn those rows into a single row with multiple columns.

General

Row Flattener step

Field	Description
Step name	Specify the unique name of the Row Flattener step on the canvas. You can customize the name or leave it as the default.
The field to flatten	Name of the incoming field to flatten.
Target field	Names of the output fields that receive the flattened values.

Example

Suppose your file contains company order information, with one attribute per row. Each order is described by three rows:

Land of Toys Inc.
United States
10107
Lyon Souvenirs
France
10134
Australian Gift Network, Co
Australia
10374
Gift Depot Inc.

Using the following settings in the Row Flattener step, the rows are flattened into three target fields:

Row Flattener entry example

The resulting data set is shown below. For every three rows, the data is formatted into a single output row.

Row Flattener results example

Incomplete or non-consecutive data can lead to unexpected results.