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====== VisiData ====== | ====== VisiData ====== | ||
- | **[[https:// | + | **[[https:// |
- | ====== Tips ====== | + | ====== Source Table Recommendations |
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- | ===== Source Table Recommendations ===== | + | |
Gather data with more granularity than you think you need. You often need three tables: | Gather data with more granularity than you think you need. You often need three tables: | ||
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- **Mappings from product ID to product name**: (Maybe from platform ID or from product ID.) | - **Mappings from product ID to product name**: (Maybe from platform ID or from product ID.) | ||
- | ===== Open VisiData and Set Data Types ===== | + | ====== Open VisiData and Set Data Types ====== |
$ vd logs.csv active_devices.csv id_name.csv | $ vd logs.csv active_devices.csv id_name.csv | ||
- | ==== Set Column Types, Widths, Names, Importance ==== | + | ===== Set Column Types, Widths, Names, Importance |
^ Key ^ Meaning ^ | ^ Key ^ Meaning ^ | ||
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| # | Column is integer. (Set aggregator to sum.) | | | # | Column is integer. (Set aggregator to sum.) | | ||
| + | Set aggregator, usually to " | | + | Set aggregator, usually to " | ||
- | | ; | Extract regex to new column. Ex, '' | + | | ; | Extract regex to new column. Ex, '' |
| %%^%% | rename the column. Might have to be " | | %%^%% | rename the column. Might have to be " | ||
| - | Hide column | | | - | Hide column | | ||
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| d | Delete row. (I only use this on Sheets sheet.) | | | d | Delete row. (I only use this on Sheets sheet.) | | ||
| , | Select all rows that match this column' | | , | Select all rows that match this column' | ||
+ | | " | Open duplicate sheet with only selected rows | | ||
- | === Protip: Use column view to set multiple columns at once === | + | ==== Case Study: Exported CSV from PG&E ==== |
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+ | Visit [[vd-pge]]. | ||
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+ | ==== Protip: Use column view to set multiple columns at once ==== | ||
^ Key ^ Meaning ^ | ^ Key ^ Meaning ^ | ||
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{{: | {{: | ||
- | ===== Join Sheets ===== | + | ====== Join Sheets |
Use '' | Use '' | ||
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| & | (or g&) Join sheets. Type " | | & | (or g&) Join sheets. Type " | ||
| gu | Next time you're in Sheets, " | | gu | Next time you're in Sheets, " | ||
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+ | ==== Protip: Remove insignificant noisy rows ==== | ||
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+ | ^ Key ^ Meaning ^ | ||
+ | | %%z|%% | Select rows matching Python expression. Type "blits > 10000" | | ||
+ | | " | Make a new sheet with selected rows | | ||
And the merge of the logs and active devices sheets would look like: | And the merge of the logs and active devices sheets would look like: | ||
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Do a similar thing to join the Joined Sheet with the product Name sheet. | Do a similar thing to join the Joined Sheet with the product Name sheet. | ||
- | ===== Process Data ===== | + | ====== Process Data ====== |
In your final Joined sheet, add rows that are calculations of other rows. | In your final Joined sheet, add rows that are calculations of other rows. |
vd.txt · Last modified: 2023/05/17 14:00 by dblume