Compare Columns

Compare columns between two DataFrame based on the key id columns defined

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Required
DataFrame 1	First input DataFrame	True
DataFrame 2	Second input DataFrame	True
ID columns to retain(Select Id Columns)	List of columns that are used joining two dataframes	True
Output Column Name(Select Output Columns)	In the output, alias name of the column name that was compared among dataframes	True
Match Count Column Name(Select Output Columns)	In the output, alias name of the column that shows the count of rows that matched between two dataframes	True
Mismatch Count Column Name(Select Output Columns)	In the output, alias name of the column that shows the count of rows that mismatched between two dataframes	True
Mismatch Example Left Column Name(Select Output Columns)	In the output, alias name of the column displaying an incorrect left column value	True
Mismatch Example Right Column Name(Select Output Columns)	In the output, alias name of the column displaying an incorrect right column value	True
Mismatch Example ID Column Prefix(Select Output Columns)	In the output, alias name of the ID column value that mismatched between two dataframes	True

Example - Compare columns of two DataFrames

Generated code

Python

def CompareColumns_1(spark: SparkSession, in0: DataFrame, in1: DataFrame) -> DataFrame:
    joined = exploded1\
                 .join(
                   exploded2,
                   reduce(
                     lambda a, c: a & c,
                     [col(f"exploded1.column_name") == col(f"exploded2.column_name"),                       col(f"exploded1.customer_id") == col(f"exploded2.customer_id")],
                     lit(True)
                   ),
                   "full_outer"
                 )\
                 .select(
                   coalesce(col(f"exploded1.column_name"), col(f"exploded2.column_name")).alias("column_name"),
                   coalesce(col(f"exploded1.customer_id"), col(f"exploded2.customer_id")).alias("customer_id"),
                   col(
                       f"exploded1.##value##"
                     )\
                     .alias(
                     "##left_value##"
                   ),
                   col(
                       f"exploded2.##value##"
                     )\
                     .alias(
                     "##right_value##"
                   )
                 )\
                 .withColumn(
                   "match_count",
                   when(
                       coalesce(
                         (
                           col("##left_value##")
                           == col(
                             "##right_value##"
                           )
                         ),
                         (
                           col(
                               "##left_value##"
                             )\
                             .isNull()
                           & col(
                               "##right_value##"
                             )\
                             .isNull()
                         )
                       ),
                       lit(1)
                     )\
                     .otherwise(lit(0))
                 )\
                 .withColumn(
        "mismatch_count",
        when(
            coalesce(
              (
                col("##left_value##")
                != col(
                  "##right_value##"
                )
              ),
              ~ (
                col(
                    "##left_value##"
                  )\
                  .isNull()
                & col(
                    "##right_value##"
                  )\
                  .isNull()
              )
            ),
            lit(1)
          )\
          .otherwise(lit(0))
                 )
    mismatchExamples = joined\
                           .select(
                             col("column_name"),
                             col("customer_id"),
                             lit(0).alias("match_count"),
                             lit(0).alias("mismatch_count"),
                             col(
                                 "##left_value##"
                               )\
                               .alias("mismatch_example_left"),
                             col(
                                 "##right_value##"
                               )\
                               .alias("mismatch_example_right")
                           )\
                           .dropDuplicates(["column_name"])

    return joined\
        .union(mismatchExamples)\
        .groupBy("column_name")\
        .agg(
          sum("match_count").alias("match_count"),
          sum("mismatch_count").alias("mismatch_count"),
          first(col("mismatch_example_left"), ignorenulls = True).alias("mismatch_example_left"),
          first(col("mismatch_example_right"), ignorenulls = True).alias("mismatch_example_right"),
          first(
              when(coalesce(col("mismatch_example_left"), col("mismatch_example_right")).isNotNull(), col("customer_id"))\
                .otherwise(lit(None)),
              ignorenulls = True
            )\
            .alias("mismatch_example_customer_id")
        )\
        .orderBy(col("mismatch_count").desc(), col("column_name"))

Scala

object CompareColumns_1 {
   def apply(context: Context, in0: DataFrame, in1: DataFrame): DataFrame = {
    import org.apache.spark.sql.expressions.Window
    val joined = in0
      .select(
        col("customer_id"),
        explode_outer(
          map(
            (in0.columns.toSet -- List("customer_id").toSet).toSeq.flatMap(c =>
              List(lit(c), col(c).cast("string"))
            ): _*
          )
        ).as(List("column_name", "##value##"))
      )
      .as("exploded1")
      .join(
        in1
          .select(
            col("customer_id"),
            explode_outer(
              map(
                (in0.columns.toSet -- List("customer_id").toSet).toSeq
                  .flatMap(c => List(lit(c), col(c).cast("string"))): _*
              )
            ).as(List("column_name", "##value##"))
          )
          .as("exploded2"),
        lit(true)
          .and(col("exploded1.column_name") === col("exploded2.column_name"))
          .and(col("exploded1.customer_id") === col("exploded2.customer_id")),
        "full_outer"
      )
      .select(
        coalesce(col("exploded1.column_name"), col("exploded2.column_name"))
          .as("column_name"),
        coalesce(col("exploded1.customer_id"), col("exploded2.customer_id"))
          .as("customer_id"),
        col("exploded1.##value##").as("##left_value##"),
        col("exploded2.##value##").as("##right_value##")
      )
      .withColumn(
        "match_count",
        when(
          coalesce(col("##left_value##") === col("##right_value##"),
                   col("##left_value##").isNull && col("##right_value##").isNull
          ),
          lit(1)
        ).otherwise(lit(0))
      )
      .withColumn(
        "mismatch_count",
        when(coalesce(
               col("##left_value##") =!= col("##right_value##"),
               !(col("##left_value##").isNull && col("##right_value##").isNull)
             ),
             lit(1)
        ).otherwise(lit(0))
      )
    joined
      .groupBy("column_name")
      .agg(
        sum("match_count").as("match_count"),
        sum("mismatch_count").as("mismatch_count"),
        first(col("mismatch_example_left"), ignoreNulls = true)
          .as("mismatch_example_left"),
        first(col("mismatch_example_right"), ignoreNulls = true)
          .as("mismatch_example_right"),
        first(when(coalesce(col("mismatch_example_left"),
                            col("mismatch_example_right")
                   ).isNotNull,
                   col("customer_id")
              ).otherwise(lit(null)),
              ignoreNulls = true
        ).as("mismatch_example_customer_id")
      )
      .orderBy(col("mismatch_count").desc, col("column_name"))
   }
}

Below are the steps that are performed to compare two DataFrames in compare column Gem:

• Pivot the DataFrame to get the key column's, compare column name and value
• Join the pivoted DataFrames and compare the column value using key column's
• Calculate the match and mismatch record counts

note

Repartition the DataFrames as they will be exploded and joined with each other