Step: Rename

Overview

The Rename step changes the name of an existing variable.

Example starting data:

/*---------+--------*
 | student | score  |
 +---------+--------+
 | jane    | 83     |
 | neal    | 35     |
 | sam     | 74     |
 | pat     | 62     |
 *---------+--------*/

Example output data:

Rename score to final_score

/*---------+--------------*
 | student | final_score  |
 +---------+--------------+
 | jane    | 83           |
 | neal    | 35           |
 | sam     | 74           |
 | pat     | 62           |
 *---------+--------------*/

Step structure

• There will be at least one rename block where you will define a variable and a new name.

Input field definitions

Field	Definition
Source variable	The variable that you want to rename.
New name	The name that your selected source variable will be given. Note that this input needs to follow Redivis variable naming constraints.

Example

We can change the name of a variable to give more meaning to the data.

Starting data:

/*---------+-------+---------+------------*
 | test    | score | student | date       |
 +---------+-------+---------+------------+
 | quiz    | 83    | jane    | 2020-04-01 |
 | quiz    | 35    | pat     | 2020-04-01 |
 | quiz    | 89    | sam     | 2020-04-01 |
 | midterm | 74    | jane    | 2020-05-01 |
 | midterm | 62    | pat     | 2020-05-01 |
 | midterm | 100   | sam     | 2020-05-01 |
 | final   | 77    | jane    | 2020-06-01 |
 | final   | 59    | pat     | 2020-06-01 |
 | final   | 100   | sam     | 2020-06-01 |
 *---------+-------+---------+------------*/

Input fields:

• Source variable: The variable we want to rename is date so we select that here.

• New name: date_taken would be a better name for this variable, so we enter it here.

Output data:

/*---------+-------+---------+------------*
 | test    | score | student | date_taken |
 +---------+-------+---------+------------+
 | quiz    | 83    | jane    | 2020-04-01 |
 | quiz    | 35    | pat     | 2020-04-01 |
 | quiz    | 89    | sam     | 2020-04-01 |
 | midterm | 74    | jane    | 2020-05-01 |
 | midterm | 62    | pat     | 2020-05-01 |
 | midterm | 100   | sam     | 2020-05-01 |
 | final   | 77    | jane    | 2020-06-01 |
 | final   | 59    | pat     | 2020-06-01 |
 | final   | 100   | sam     | 2020-06-01 |
 *---------+-------+---------+------------*/