Thought this would be easy, but we are struggling to assign a newly created attribute with row numbers that indicate its sequence in the set.
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How to get the row number (such as 1, 2, 3...) of each row in a data set?
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How about the Counter transformer? Could you use that?
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How about the Counter transformer? Could you use that?
Thank you, @erik_jan!
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3 March 2016
Hi @bo, I agree that the Counter is a generic solution. Alternatively, in some formats, you can also use a predefined format attribute that stores the row number. e.g. "csv_line_number" for CSV. Check the Format Attributes tab of the reader feature type properties dialog.
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