Using the Unique Rows step on the Pentaho engine

If you are running your transformation on the Pentaho engine, use the following instructions to set up the Unique Rows step.

General

Use the Unique Rows step to define parameters for your output and how you want to sort duplicate rows.

Enter the following information for the step:

Step name: Specify the unique name of the transformation on the canvas. You can customize the name or leave it as the default.

The Unique Rows step requires definitions for the following options and parameters:

Option	Description
Add counter to output?	Select this option to add a counter field to the output stream.
Counter field	Specify a name for the counter field.
Redirect duplicate row	Select this option to process duplicate rows as an error and redirect them to the error stream of the step. If you do not select this option, the duplicate rows are deleted.
Error description	Specify the error handling description that displays when the step detects duplicate rows. This description is only available when Redirect duplicate row is selected.
Fields to compare table	Specify the field names for which you want to find unique values. -OR- Select Get to insert all the fields from the input stream.
Ignore case	You can choose to ignore case, such as upper-, lower-, and title-cases, by setting this option to `Y`. For example, 'Kettle', 'KETTLE', and 'kettle' are all treated as equivalent when Ignore case is set to `Y`. If you do not specify any field entries, the step compares the entire row.