DynamicReplace

Spark Gem

Use the DynamicReplace gem to replace a set of values with dynamically generated values depending on certain conditions.

note

If you want to create new columns based on a set of conditions (rather than perform in-place replacement), you can use business rules.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
Field Name Field	Column from in1 that contains field names from in0.
Boolean Expression Field	Column from in1 that contains an expression that is used to evaluate the data from in0.
Output Value Field	Column from in1 that contains replacement data. It can contain static values or expressions that act on the data from in0.
Values are Expressions	Checkbox to enable if the Output Value column contains expressions to define the replacement value.

If a value does not meet a condition, then it will be replaced with a null value.

note

Expressions must be in Spark SQL format.

Example

If you have a dataset with a numeric column and need to apply an upper limit to its values dynamically, you can use the DynamicReplace gem. In this example, any value in a certain column over 200,000 (like 250,000) will be replaced with the value 200,000.

Define datasets

The DynamicReplace gem requires two inputs. These are:

• The original dataset. This contains the target column(s) for replacement and is the in0 of the DynamicReplace gem.
• The parameters dataset. This contains the dynamic replacement parameters and is the in1 of the DynamicReplace gem.

The parameters dataset must follow a specific format to define how values should be replaced. Below is an example parameters table:

original_column	condition	output_value
sales	sales > 200000	200000
sales	sales <= 200000	sales

Each row represents a condition that will be applied to a certain column. In this case, these conditions are:

• If the value of a sale is more than 200,000, it is replaced with 200,000.
• If the value of a sale is less than or equal to 200,000, it remains unchanged.

tip

You can also add conditions for multiple columns in this parameters dataset if required by your use case.

Configure the gem

Once you have both datasets in your pipeline:

1. Add a DynamicReplace gem to the pipeline canvas.
2. Connect the inputs to the DynamicReplace gem.
3. Configure the DynamicReplace gem.

For this example, you would configure the gem using the following values:

Parameter	Value
Field Name Field	original_column
Boolean Expression Field	condition
Output Value Field	output_value
Values are Expressions	enabled