atoti.MultiRowArrayConversion

class atoti.MultiRowArrayConversion

Convert an external table where the arrays are stored with one value per row to a table with arrays.

To use this option the external table must have a column index and at least one “value” column representing the array elements.

For instance:

PRODUCT	INDEX	QUANTITY
product_1	0	10
product_1	1	20
product_1	2	15
product_1	3	25
product_1	4	10
product_2	0	50
product_2	1	65
product_2	2	55
product_2	3	30
product_2	4	80

When using index_column="INDEX" and array_columns=["QUANTITY"], this external table will be equivalent to:

PRODUCT	QUANTITY
product_1	[10, 20, 15, 25, 10]
product_2	[50, 65, 55, 30, 80]

If several array columns are passed, a distinct array column will be created for each of them.

All the table columns which do not correspond to the index column or one of the array columns must be key columns.

array_columns: Sequence[str]

Names of the columns that contain array values.

index_column: str

Name of the column used as an index for the arrays.