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How to append data to a lookup without overwriting anything AND also not adding duplicate data entries into the lookup?

Robbie1194
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Hi guys,

I was wondering if anyone knew of a method of appending data to a lookup, but not overwriting anything in the lookup AND also not adding duplicate data entries into the lookup?

Any suggestions would be helpful.

Cheers,
Robbie

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FritzWittwer_ol
Contributor
| inputlookup <table>
| append [makeresults | eval .... | fields - _time]
| dedup <keyfield>
| outputlookup <table> append=false

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comjb
Loves-to-Learn Lots

Another way to do it:

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FritzWittwer_ol
Contributor
| inputlookup <table>
| append [makeresults | eval .... | fields - _time]
| dedup <keyfield>
| outputlookup <table> append=false
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