Hierarchy
Create a hierarchical structure to organize your data.
Create a hierarchical structure to organize your data.
Input and output
To use this tool, you need an existing data set in your pipe.
When you export the data, it organizes the data according to the parent and child outputs that you have set. You can add up to ten parent-child relationships by adding child columns to the child of the previous parent-child hierarchy.
When to use this tool
Configure each level by selecting a column for Key and a column for Name (optional). To name your top level, enter the name in the Top level name field.
If there are data issues in your input data that would break your hierarchy, a Hierarchy Error column is added to your data and a descriptive error shows next to the problematic data.
Preview returns results based on the first 10,000 rows of data. For datasets over 10,000 rows, build your pipe and switch from Preview to Last built to ensure that the entire dataset is used to validate the hierarchy before cleaning your data.
Example
We want to create a hierarchy to organize the data for all locations listed in the data set. We can configure the hierarchy to define the following relationships:
Top level (Parent): Worldwide
Level 1:
Key: Country code
Name: Country name
Level 2:
Key: State or Province code
Name: State or Province name
Level 3:
Key: Zip code
Name: Zip or Postal code
Error messages
The Hierarchy tool can find the following errors in your dataset:
Circular referenceerror: A higher-level value is trying to roll up to a lower-level value and vice versa. This error would appear in all records.Duplicate keyerror: This key exists multiple times in the hierarchy. Ensure that each key only rolls up to one parent key and has a unique name. This error would appear in all records.Multi-columnerror: Key exists in multiple columns. Ensure that each key is unique across all columns. This error would appear in all records.