The reporting analyst
toolbox.
Join exports, reshape tables and prepare grouped summaries for a report.
9 useful places to start.
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Join two CSV tables
Match rows across two tables using a shared identifier.
Combine CSV tables
Append two tables with matching headings or align a union of their columns.
CSV grouped summary
Summarise a numeric column separately for each category.
CSV wide to long
Turn measurement columns into variable/value rows.
CSV long to wide
Turn identifier/variable/value records into a wider table.
CSV category frequency table
Count exact categories and compare their shares of a selected column.
CSV percentage of total
Append each numeric value’s share of its column total.
CSV running total
Append a cumulative numeric total in the table’s current order.
CSV crosstab
Cross-tabulate categories with counts, sums or averages.
A few things you
can tick off.
- Join two exports by an exact identifier
- Reshape a wide table into long records
- Summarise numeric values by category