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Hello

 

I am running a * search in an app and it returns several columns in the csv extract where a column is named 'source'.

 

I want to return the distinct values of 'source' but neither of the below work:

| values(source)

or

| distinct source

 

Any idea?

 

thanks!

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yuanliu
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I want to return the distinct values of 'source' but neither of the below work:

| values(source)

or

| distinct source

values and distinct  are not  commands.  Have you tried stats?

| stats values(source) dc(source)

 

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yuanliu
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I want to return the distinct values of 'source' but neither of the below work:

| values(source)

or

| distinct source

values and distinct  are not  commands.  Have you tried stats?

| stats values(source) dc(source)

 

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