🎒Understanding the Dedup Component
The Dedup Component identifies and removes duplicate records within a dataset, ensuring uniqueness and accuracy. It cleans datasets by eliminating redundant entries, thus enhancing data quality.
🚀 Key Features
- Duplicate Detection: Identifies duplicate records based on specified fields.
- Automatic Removal: Removes duplicates to maintain a clean and accurate dataset.
📘 How to Use the Dedup Component
Configuration Steps
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Add a New Component: Select “Dedup” as the component type and assign a descriptive name that reflects its function.
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Configure the Component: Click on the component to open its configuration settings.
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Configure the Deduplication Field: Specify the field that will be used to identify duplicates. The component will automatically detect and remove duplicate data based on this field's value.
Component Input
- Type: List of Dictionaries
- Description: The input consists of a list where each item is a dictionary. Each dictionary has consistent fields and data types.
Component Output
- Type: Processed list of dictionaries.
- Description: The output list is deduplicated based on the values of the configured field, ensuring no duplicate entries.
📖 Scenarios