Clip From Column
About Clip From Column
Clip From Column removes all data to the right or left of a selected column.
Using Clip From Column
- Select ‘Clip From Column’ from the Operations menu.
- Select a column to be the Clip Column. All columns to the left or right of the Clip Column will be removed.
- Select a Clip Direction: left or right.
Example
In the table below some notes on ‘LOB types’ have been added to the right of the data we require, so need to be removed.
ID |
LOB |
Amount |
LOB types |
|---|---|---|---|
1 |
car |
100 |
Car insurance |
2 |
life |
1000 |
Life insurance |
3 |
car |
100 |
Select ‘Amount’ as the Clip Column and ‘Right’ as the direction. This results in:
ID |
LOB |
Amount |
|---|---|---|
1 |
car |
100 |
2 |
life |
1000 |
3 |
car |
100 |
Alternatively, to remove all columns to the left of the ‘Amount’ column, select ‘Left’ as the direction:
Amount |
LOB types |
|---|---|
100 |
Car insurance |
1000 |
Life insurance |
100 |