I want to join two files with out a key , few columns from a one flow and few columns another flow and make one flow as output with all these selected columns. Instead of giving sequence to these flows and join on the sequence , is there any best approach in Talend?
A quick query is whether you are trying to do Cartesian product of input data?
If the answer is no, then you will need some keys to join between two data flows. If you are trying to join based on record number, then sequence itself is the best method.
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i had split the flow into two for transformations on one flow and trying to
combine the two flows again, so i would not expect Cartesian product of the
records. I'm from Abinitio ETL tool background where i use Fuse component
to do such join with out a key. Is there any component in Talend or work
around to achieve this?
The best way in this situation is to add a key identifier column during data split area. In the next subjob when you are joining them again, you can use this key identifier to get the matching records. I personally use numeric sequence if there are no business keys available from the source.
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