Value lists
Value lists allow you to persist a group of values in a list, for use throughout a project. To create and update value lists, you can click the Lists button at the top left of project tool top bar.
A modal will open allowing you to create, modify, and delete lists. You can copy/paste values from any standard spreadsheet program, or import them from a csv or json file. Please note that string list values should not be quoted — learn more about list types below.
You can then reference the list in transforms throughout your project. If you update the values within a list, all transforms that reference the list will be marked as stale.
All variables in Redivis have a defined type. When using lists to filter records, we need to make sure that the list type is the same (or coercible to) the variable that we are filtering on.
When you enter values into a list, Redivis will automatically determine the most specific type for all the values in your list, falling back to the "universal type" of string.
For example, these combinations will yield the corresponding specific types and can be compared to the following types:
Values | Type | Can compare to |
1, 2, 3 | Integer | Integer, Float, String |
1, 2.0, 3 | Integer | Integer, Float, String |
1, 1.0, 1.1 | Float | Float, String |
1, 2.0, a | String | String |
1971-01-01, 1972-02-02, 1973-03-03 | Date | Date, String |
1971-01-01, a, b | String | String |
1970-01-01 12:00:00, 1970-01-01 12:30:00 | DateTime | DateTime, Date, String |
Note list values should never be quoted, unless you specifically want to match against a quote character.
You can copy values into your lists from any spreadsheet program by directly using the clipboard. For bulk or scripted actions, you may also import multiple lists as a JSON or CSV file. Note that any list exports will follow the same format.
Each column in your CSV will represent one list, with the first row containing the name of the list. E.g.:
Fruits | Vegetables | Item_codes |
Strawberry | Broccoli | 1 |
Tomato | Asparagus | 2 |
Apple | Spinach | 3 |
JSON specification
The same set of value lists can be imported via JSON, with the following format:
[
{
"name": "Fruits",
"values": ["Strawberry", "Tomato", "Apple"]
},
{
"name": "Vegetables",
"values": ["Broccoli", "Asparagus", "Spinach"]
},
{
"name": "Item_codes",
"values": ["1", "2", "3"]
// This is identical:
// "values": [1, 2, 3]
},
]
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