Unifying Classified Data Values

Classified values may sometimes contain different values for the same category. For example, a data set may contain a variety of designations for male or female gender. You can standardize these values across a data set. You can also use this feature to search and replace null values in your data.

To unify classified data values:

1. On the main authoring page, identify the transform column that contains classified data values that you want to repair.
2. In the Column cell, click the More Actions icon.
   A drop-down list appears.
3. Select Search and Replace.
   The Search and Replace dialog box appears.
4. Click the Load Samples link.
   The dialog box displays the current classified values in your data set.

   Note:

   With the Load Samples feature, you can load up to 100 most frequently used sample values.

   Note:

   The Load CSV feature allows you to upload files in comma- or tab- delimited format. This file must have two columns: one identifying the values in the data set and the other column identifying the replacement text.
5. Enter the values that unify your data in the Replace By list.
   The figure that follows shows an example of a table replacement to unify the gender column values.
   
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6. Click Add to add more rows and values to the Find Value and Replace By columns.
7. Click Apply.

Replacement actions are added to the transform script. The data table now shows the replaced values.