Compare two datasets column by column without using code recipe

yesitsmeoffical

How to create dataset 3 (key = 'ID', join method = 'left') to compare datasets 1 and 2 WITHOUT using code recipe, i.e low code no code only. Thanks.

Dataset 1:

ID	Col A	Col B	Col C
1	AA	11	Z1
2	BB	100	X2
3	CC	33	Y5

Dataset 2:

ID	Col A	Col B	Col C
1	AA	11	Z1
2	BB	98	X2
3	CC	33	YY555
4	DD	44	T6

Dataset 3 (string columns return true/false, numeric columns return ratio):

ID	Col A	Col B	Col C
1	TRUE	100%	TRUE
2	TRUE	98%	TRUE
3	TRUE	100%	FALSE

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Operating system used: win 11

Sarina

Hi @yesitsmeoffical
,

You can utilize the "pre-join computed columns" step within the join recipe to calculate your computed columns. From your description it sounds like you want to return TRUE if dataset 1 column A == dataset 2 column A and if dataset 1 column C == dataset 2 column C. And it looks like for column B you want to return dataset 2 col B / dataset 1 column B.

I created the following output dataset using your sample inputs and three computed columns:

The string computed columns have the formulas:

if(val("d1__Col A") == val("d2__Col A"), 'TRUE', 'FALSE')
if(val('d1__Col C') == val('d2__Col C'), 'TRUE', 'FALSE')

 
The numeric computed column has the formula:

100 * (val('d2__Col B') / val('d1__Col B'))

I'm attaching an export of the project so that you can test it out by importing into your DSS instance.

Thanks!
Sarina