Dataset - Clone
Declaration
<AMDATASET ACTIVITY="clone" RESULTDATASET="text" DATASET="text" DESCRIPTION="text" />
Description
Clones an existing dataset.
Practical usage
Used to clone a dataset
Parameters
General
| Property | Type | Required | Default | Markup | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dataset name | Text | Yes | (Empty) | DATASET="Customers" | Specifies the dataset to clone. |
| New dataset name | Text | Yes | (Empty) | RESULTDATASET="Customer base" | The name of the dataset clone. |
| Description (optional) | Text | No | (Empty) | DESCRIPTION="Copy of Customers dataset." | The optional description of the dataset clone. |
Example
NOTE:
- Copy and paste the sample AML code below directly into the Task Builder Steps Panel.
- To successfully run the sample code, update parameters containing user credentials, files, file paths, or other information specific to the task to match your environment.
Description
This task uses the Create and Insert Row Dataset activities to create a dataset with three columns and three rows, and then clones the entire dataset as myNewDataset.
Copy
<AMDATASET RESULTDATASET="myDataset" COLUMNS="heading1;heading2;heading3" DELIMITER="semi_colon" DESCRIPTION="This is user input description showing in variables panel of Task Builder" />
<AMDATASET ACTIVITY="insert_row" DATASET="myDataset" ROWLOCATION="end"><COLUMNSETTER COLUMNNAME="heading1" VALUE="Row 1" /><COLUMNSETTER COLUMNNAME="heading2" VALUE="value2" /><COLUMNSETTER COLUMNNAME="heading3" VALUE="value3" /></AMDATASET>
<AMDATASET ACTIVITY="insert_row" DATASET="myDataset" ROWLOCATION="end"><COLUMNSETTER COLUMNNAME="heading1" VALUE="Row2" /><COLUMNSETTER COLUMNNAME="heading2" VALUE="value2" /><COLUMNSETTER COLUMNNAME="heading3" VALUE="value3" /></AMDATASET>
<AMDATASET ACTIVITY="insert_row" DATASET="myDataset" ROWLOCATION="end"><COLUMNSETTER COLUMNNAME="heading1" VALUE="Row3" /><COLUMNSETTER COLUMNNAME="heading2" VALUE="value2" /><COLUMNSETTER COLUMNNAME="heading3" VALUE="value3" /></AMDATASET>
<AMDATASET ACTIVITY="clone" RESULTDATASET="myNewDataset" DATASET="myDataset" DESCRIPTION="This is NEW user input description showing in variables panel of Task Builder" />