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Joining two csv files

mjlsnombrado
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Hi, I have two CSV files that I want to be joined ex. file1 and file2 there are values in file2 which do not have a match in file1 but in the final result I want these values to be included.

Sample spl :
| savedsearch file1
| join type=outer ID [| savedsearch file2]

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493669
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try this:

| savedsearch file2|join type=left ID [| savedsearch file1]

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493669
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try this:

| savedsearch file2|join type=left ID [| savedsearch file1]
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